средство

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Macedonian

Pronunciation

Noun

средство • (sredstvo) n

  1. means, instrument

Declension

Declension of средство
singular plural
indefinite средство (sredstvo) средства (sredstva)
definite unspecified средството (sredstvoto) средствата (sredstvata)
definite proximal средствово (sredstvovo) средствава (sredstvava)
definite distal средствоно (sredstvono) средствана (sredstvana)
vocative средство (sredstvo) средства (sredstva)

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

среда́ (sredá) +‎ -ство (-stvo)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

Declension

Declension of сре́дство (inan neut-form hard-stem accent-a/c) 
singular plural
nominative сре́дство
srédstvo 		сре́дства, средства́*
srédstva, sredstvá*
genitive сре́дства
srédstva 		сре́дств
srédstv
dative сре́дству
srédstvu 		сре́дствам, средства́м*
srédstvam, sredstvám*
accusative сре́дство
srédstvo 		сре́дства, средства́*
srédstva, sredstvá*
instrumental сре́дством
srédstvom 		сре́дствами, средства́ми*
srédstvami, sredstvámi*
prepositional сре́дстве
srédstve 		сре́дствах, средства́х*
srédstvax, sredstváx*

* Very common but proscribed.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

срѐдство n (Latin spelling srèdstvo)

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

Declension

Declension of средство
singular plural
nominative средство средства
genitive средства средстава
dative средству средствима
accusative средство средства
vocative средство средства
locative средству средствима
instrumental средством средствима
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