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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic съчастиѥ (sŭčastije), from Proto-Slavic *sъčęstьje.
Pronunciation
Noun
сча́стье • (sčástʹje) n inan (genitive сча́стья, nominative plural сча́стья, genitive plural сча́стий)
- happiness, good luck
- luck, fortune
- Antonym: несча́стье (nesčástʹje)
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References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “счастье”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “счастье”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments] (in Russian), volume 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 864