удовольствие

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Etymology

удово́льство (udovólʹstvo) +‎ -ие (-ije)

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Noun

удово́льствие (udovólʹstvijen inan (genitive удово́льствия, nominative plural удово́льствия, genitive plural удово́льствий)

  1. (obsolete) satisfaction
  2. pleasure
    • 1869, Лев Толстой , “Том 2, Часть вторая, VI”, in Война и мир; English translation from Aylmer and Louise Maude, transl., War and Peace, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1922–1923:
      Он был не бога́т, но после́дние свои́ де́ньги он употребля́л на то, что́бы быть оде́тым лу́чше други́х; он скоре́е лиши́л бы себя́ мно́гих удово́льствий, чем позво́лил бы себе́ е́хать в дурно́м экипа́же и́ли показа́ться в ста́ром мунди́ре на у́лицах Петербу́рга.
      On byl ne bogát, no poslédnije svoí dénʹgi on upotrebljál na to, štóby bytʹ odétym lúčše drugíx; on skoréje lišíl by sebjá mnógix udovólʹstvij, čem pozvólil by sebé jéxatʹ v durnóm ekipáže íli pokazátʹsja v stárom mundíre na úlicax Peterbúrga.
      He was not rich, but would spend his last groat to be better dressed than others, and would rather deprive himself of many pleasures than allow himself to be seen in a shabby equipage or appear in the streets of Petersburg in an old uniform.

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