рожество

Russian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic рожьство (rožĭstvo), from Proto-Slavic *roďьstvo. Compare рожство́ (rožstvó). Doublet of Рождество́ (Roždestvó), a Church Slavic loanword.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [rəʐɨstˈvo]

Noun

рожество́ (rožestvó) n inan (genitive рожества́, nominative plural рожества́, genitive plural роже́ств)

  1. (dialectal) Christmas
  2. (dialectal) human face
  3. (dialectal) a kind of plant

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • рожествова́ть (rožestvovátʹ)

References

  • рожество́”, in Slovarʹ russkix narodnyx govorov [Dictionary of Russian Dialects] (in Russian), volume 35, Moscow, Saint Petersburg: Nauka, 2001, page 152
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