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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic нравьство (nravĭstvo). By surface analysis, нрав (nrav) + -ство (-stvo).
Pronunciation
Noun
нра́вство • (nrávstvo) n inan (genitive нра́вства, uncountable)
- (obsolete) custom, practice
- (dialectal) mutual attraction, love
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References
- Avanesov, R. I., Ulukhanov, I. S., Krysko, V. B., editors (1988–2019), “нравьство”, in Словарь древнерусского языка (XI–XIV вв.) [Dictionary of the Old Russian Language (11ᵗʰ–14ᵗʰ cc.)] (in Russian), volume, Moscow, →ISBN
- Gerd A. S. et al., editors (1999), “нра́вство”, in Slovárʹ rússkix góvorov Karelii i sopredélʹnyx oblastéj (in Russian), volume 4, Saint Petersburg: Izdátelʹstvo SPbGU, page 52