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Old Church Slavonic
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *niščeta.
Noun
нищета • (ništeta) f
- poverty
- from the Homily against the Bogumils, 2132-2133:
ли къто нищетꙑ бѣжѧ отъходитъ въ манастꙑрь и не могꙑи дѣтьми пещи сѧ отъбѣгаѥтъ ихъ то оуже не любъве божиѩ тамо ищетъ- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of нищета (hard a-stem)
References
- Nikolić, Svetozar (1989) Staroslovenski jezik: Pravopis, glasovi, oblici, Beograd
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *niščeta. Equivalent to ни́щий (níščij) + -ота́ (-otá).
Pronunciation
Noun
нищета́ • (niščetá) f inan (genitive нищеты́, uncountable)
- poverty, destitution, penury, misery
1886, Anton Chekhov, “The Chorus Girl”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):А ме́жду тем есть сре́дство спасти́ его́ и нас от нищеты́ и позо́ра.- A méždu tem jestʹ srédstvo spastí jevó i nas ot niščetý i pozóra.
- And yet there is a chance of saving him and us from destitution and disgrace.
- beggars, beggary
Declension
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