сострадание

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Russian

Etymology

со- (so-, with) +‎ страда́ние (stradánije, suffering), perhaps a calque of Latin compassiō.

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Noun

сострада́ние (sostradánijen inan (genitive сострада́ния, nominative plural сострада́ния, genitive plural сострада́ний)

  1. compassion, sympathy
    Synonym: сочу́вствие (sočúvstvije)
    • 1927, Александр Куприн [Aleksandr I. Kuprin], Синяя звезда; English translation from (Please provide a date or year):
      Доброта́, уча́стие, справедли́вость, сострада́ние излива́лись из неё, подо́бно луча́м, даю́щим вокру́г свет, тепло́ и ра́дость.
      Dobrotá, učástije, spravedlívostʹ, sostradánije izliválisʹ iz nejó, podóbno lučám, dajúščim vokrúg svet, tepló i rádostʹ.
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Declension