супружество

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Russian

Etymology

супру́г (suprúg) +‎ -ество (-estvo)

Pronunciation

Noun

супру́жество (suprúžestvon inan (genitive супру́жества, nominative plural супру́жества, genitive plural супру́жеств)

  1. matrimony, marriage
    • 1879, Николай Лесков , “Глава первая”, in Однодум; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., Singlemind, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013:
      Когда́ она́ овдове́ла, в ней ещё бы́ли прия́тности, приго́дные для неприхотли́вого обихо́да, и к ней ко́е-кто́ засыла́ли свах, но она́ отклони́ла но́вое супру́жество и ста́ла занима́ться пече́ньем пирого́в.
      Kogdá oná ovdovéla, v nej ješčó býli prijátnosti, prigódnyje dlja neprixotlívovo obixóda, i k nej kóje-któ zasyláli svax, no oná otkloníla nóvoje suprúžestvo i stála zanimátʹsja pečénʹjem pirogóv.
      When she was widowed, there were still pleasing qualities in her, suitable for an unpretentious everyday life, and people sent matchmakers to her, but she declined any new matrimony and busied herself with the baking of savory pies.

Declension

Further reading

  • супружество in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru