помста
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Belarusian
Etymology
Deverbal from по́мсціць (pómscicʹ, “to revenge”), also formed as Ukrainian по́мста (pómsta).
Pronunciation
Noun
по́мста • (pómsta) f inan (genitive по́мсты, uncountable)
Declension
Declension of по́мста (inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-a)
References
- “помста” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
Ukrainian
Etymology
Deverbal from помсти́ти (pomstýty).
Pronunciation
Noun
по́мста • (pómsta) f inan (genitive по́мсти, uncountable)
Declension
Declension of по́мста (inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-a reduc)
Derived terms
- кро́вна по́мста (króvna pómsta)
Related terms
- мсти́ти impf (mstýty)
- мсти́тися impf (mstýtysja)
- помсти́ти pf (pomstýty)
- помща́тися impf (pomščátysja), помсти́тися pf (pomstýtysja)
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “помста”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- “помста”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “помста”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)