средство

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средство • (sredstvo) n

1. means, instrument

• срѣ́дство (srě́dstvo) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

среда́ (sredá) +‎ -ство (-stvo)

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сре́дство • (srédstvo) n inan (genitive сре́дства, nominative plural сре́дства or средства́^*, genitive plural средств) (* Very common but proscribed)

1. means, facility
2. tool, instrument, equipment
3. remedy, drug
   • 1907, Фёдор Сологуб [Fyodor Sologub], chapter III, in Маленький человек; English translation from Paul Selver, transl., The Tiny Man, 1919:

     — У меня́ есть сре́дство, — сказа́л Сара́нин, — отли́чно помога́ет.
     — Никаки́е сре́дства не помо́гут, — с ки́слой грима́сой сказа́ла Агла́я.

     — U menjá jestʹ srédstvo, — skazál Saránin, — otlíčno pomogájet.
     — Nikakíje srédstva ne pomógut, — s kísloj grimásoj skazála Aglája.

     "I have a remedy," said Saranin. "It acts wonderfully."
     ​"No remedies are any good," said Aglaya, with a sour grimace.

4. (pl.) means, cash, money, funding (money)
5. product

Borrowed by Croatian lexicographer Bogoslav Šulek in the 19th century from Russian сре́дство (srédstvo).

• IPA^(key): /srědstʋo/
• Hyphenation: сред‧ство

срѐдство n (Latin spelling srèdstvo)

1. medium
2. agent
3. device, instrument
4. resources