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-ество

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Russian Alternative forms ru -ство Etymology ru sla-pro *-ьstvo. Pronunciation -ество y -ество́ y Suffix ru suffix noun-forming suffixes n -ество́ suffix appended to nouns and adjectives to create a neuter noun, usually an abstract noun denoting a relation, social status, scientific discipline, quality or state: -hood, -ness, -ity ru мона́х monk мона́шество monkhood, monasticism ru одино́кий lonely, solitary одино́чество loneliness, solitude ru мно́го many мно́жество multitude ru деви́ца girl деви́чество girlhood ru князь duke кня́жество duchy ru вещь thing -ество́ вещество́ substance, matter ru бо́жий divine -ество́ божество́ deity, divinity ru пра́здный idle пра́зднество festivity, celebration originally "idleness" ru есть there is -ество́ естество́ nature, essence Usage notes This suffix is used particularly after the hushing consonants ru ч ж ш щ, which may result from the Slavic first palatalization applied to nouns whose roots end in ru к/ц г х ск respectively (or which originally ended in one of these consonants, cf. ru князь < gem-pro *kuningaz). It is also occasionally used when impossible clusters would otherwise result, cf. ru пра́зднество < ru пра́здный and ru естество́ from ru есть. The longer suffix ru -шество was generalized through rebracketing of nouns with roots ending in ru х. Declension a -ество or -ество́ 1 a -ество or -ество́ Derived terms ru Related terms ru -шество