старость

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Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *starostь.

Noun

старость (starostĭf

  1. old age

Declension

References

  • Старославя́нский слова́рь (по ру́кописям X-XI веко́в), Русский язы́к, Москва́ 1994

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *starostь. By surface analysis, ста́рый (stáryj) +‎ -ость (-ostʹ).

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Noun

ста́рость (stárostʹf inan (genitive ста́рости, uncountable)

  1. old age
    ста́рость — не ра́дость (proverb)stárostʹ — ne rádostʹold age, boy, is no joy
  2. age, years (as the cause of dilapidation or decrepitude)
    • 1901, Максим Горький, Трое:
      Он с тре́ском усе́лся на стул, раскры́л кни́гу, ни́зко наклони́лся над ней и, водя́ па́льцем по жёлтой от ста́рости то́лстой бума́ге, глу́хо, вздра́гивающим го́лосом про́читал: ― «Глава́ тре́тия. О первобы́тии челове́ков» ― слу́шай!
      On s tréskom usélsja na stul, raskrýl knígu, nízko naklonílsja nad nej i, vodjá pálʹcem po žóltoj ot stárosti tólstoj bumáge, glúxo, vzdrágivajuščim gólosom próčital: ― «Glavá trétija. O pervobýtii čelovékov» ― slúšaj!
      He sat down on the chair with a loud creak, opened the book, leaned over it, running his finger over the thick paper which had turned yellow with age, and quietly, with a shaky voice, read: “‘Chapter Three. On the primitive state of men.’ Listen to this!”
  3. (literary, figuratively) the old, the elderly
    Ю́ность легкомы́сленна, ста́рость осторо́жнаJúnostʹ lexkomýslenna, stárostʹ ostoróžnaThe young are carefree, the old are cautious

Declension