счастье

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Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic съчастиѥ (sŭčastije), from Proto-Slavic *sъčęstьje.

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Noun

сча́стье (sčástʹjen inan (genitive сча́стья, nominative plural сча́стья, genitive plural сча́стий)

  1. happiness, good luck
  2. 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), volumes 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 864