мерзость

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic мрьзость (mrĭzostĭ), native form would be *мёрзость (*mjórzostʹ). By surface analysis, ме́рз(кий) (mérz(kij)) +‎ -ость (-ostʹ).

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Noun

ме́рзость (mérzostʹf inan (genitive ме́рзости, nominative plural ме́рзости, genitive plural ме́рзостей)

  1. abomination, meanness, vileness, loathsomeness
  2. abomination, nasty thing

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