обжорство
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Russian
Etymology
обжо́ра (obžóra) + -ство (-stvo)
Pronunciation
Noun
обжо́рство • (obžórstvo) n inan (genitive обжо́рства, nominative plural обжо́рства, genitive plural обжо́рств)
- (colloquial) gluttony
- 1833, Александр Пушкин [Alexander Pushkin], “Том первый. Глава I”, in Дубровский; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., Dubrovsky, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2016:
- Несмотря́ на необыкнове́нную си́лу физи́ческих спосо́бностей, он ра́за два в неде́лю страда́л от обжо́рства и ка́ждый ве́чер быва́л навеселе́.
- Nesmotrjá na neobyknovénnuju sílu fizíčeskix sposóbnostej, on ráza dva v nedélju stradál ot obžórstva i káždyj véčer byvál naveselé.
- Despite an extraordinarily strong constitution, he suffered twice a week or so from his gluttony and was in his cups every evening.
Declension
Declension of обжо́рство (inan neut-form hard-stem accent-a)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | обжо́рство obžórstvo |
обжо́рства obžórstva |
| genitive | обжо́рства obžórstva |
обжо́рств obžórstv |
| dative | обжо́рству obžórstvu |
обжо́рствам obžórstvam |
| accusative | обжо́рство obžórstvo |
обжо́рства obžórstva |
| instrumental | обжо́рством obžórstvom |
обжо́рствами obžórstvami |
| prepositional | обжо́рстве obžórstve |
обжо́рствах obžórstvax |
Related terms
- обжо́ра (obžóra), обжо́рный (obžórnyj), обжо́рка (obžórka)
- обжо́рливый (obžórlivyj), обжо́рливость (obžórlivostʹ)