нищета

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Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *niščeta.

Noun

нищета (ništetaf

  1. 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
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Declension

References

  • Nikolić, Svetozar (1989) Staroslovenski jezik: Pravopis, glasovi, oblici, Beograd

Russian

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *niščeta. Equivalent to ни́щий (níščij) +‎ -ота́ (-otá).

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  • Rhymes: -a

Noun

нищета́ (niščetáf inan (genitive нищеты́, uncountable)

  1. poverty, destitution, penury, misery
  2. beggars, beggary

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