старость

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *starostь, from *starъ + *-ostь.

Noun

старость (starostĭ) f

  1. old age

References

  • Старославя́нский слова́рь (по ру́кописям X-XI веко́в), Русский язы́к, Москва́ 1994

Russian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *starostь, from *starъ + *-ostь. Synchronically analyzable as ста́рый (stáryj) + -ость (-ostʹ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈstarəsʲtʲ]
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Noun

ста́рость (stárostʹ) f inan (genitive ста́рости, uncountable)

  1. old age
    ста́ростьне ра́дость (proverb)stárostʹ — ne rádostʹold age, boy, is no joy
  2. dilapidation, decrepitude
  3. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (informal) the elderly

Declension

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