Рождество

See also: рождество

Macedonian

Noun

Рождество • (Roždestvo) n

  1. (rare) Christmas

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Ellipsis of Рождество́ Христо́во (Roždestvó Xristóvo).

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic рождьство (roždĭstvo), from Proto-Slavic *roďьstvo. Displaced inherited Old East Slavic рожьство (rožĭstvo), which is still found in dialects (see рожество́ (rožestvó), рожство́ (rožstvó)).

Morphologically, see род (rod), роди́ть (rodítʹ) + -ство (-stvo).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [rəʐdʲɪstˈvo]
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Noun

Рождество́ • (Roždestvó) n inan (genitive Рождества́, uncountable) (singular only)

  1. Christmas (lit., the Birth)
    с Рождество́м ― s Roždestvóm ― merry Christmas

Declension
Declension of Рождество́ (inan sg-only neut-form hard-stem accent-b) 
singular
nominative Рождество́
Roždestvó
genitive Рождества́
Roždestvá
dative Рождеству́
Roždestvú
accusative Рождество́
Roždestvó
instrumental Рождество́м
Roždestvóm
prepositional Рождестве́
Roždestvé

Derived terms

References
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “Рождество”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv O. N., Moscow: Progress

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic рождьство (roždĭstvo), from Proto-Slavic *roďьstvo.

Noun

Рождество n (Latin spelling Roždestvo)

  1. Christmas

Synonyms
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