общество

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Bulgarian

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Noun

общество́ (obštestvón (relational adjective обще́ствен)

  1. community
  2. society

Declension

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic обьщьство (obĭštĭstvo); see о́бщий (óbščij, common) and -ество (-estvo). Cognates include Bulgarian общество́ (obštestvó) and Macedonian општество (opštestvo).

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Noun

о́бщество (óbščestvon inan (genitive о́бщества, nominative plural о́бщества, genitive plural о́бществ, relational adjective обще́ственный)

  1. society
    росси́йское о́бществоrossíjskoje óbščestvoRussian society
    о́бщество потребле́нияóbščestvo potreblénijaconsumer society
  2. association, society, union
    О́бщество Кра́сного креста́Óbščestvo Krásnovo krestáRed Cross Society
  3. company (group of people together)
    Synonym: компа́ния (kompánija)
    Он был в о́бществе двух дам.On byl v óbščestve dvux dam.He was in the company of two ladies.
  4. company (business enterprise)
    Synonym: компа́ния (kompánija)
    Гла́вное о́бщество росси́йских желе́зных доро́гGlávnoje óbščestvo rossíjskix želéznyx dorógThe Main Society of the Russian Railways
  5. Clipping of обществозна́ние (obščestvoznánije): social science

Declension