-ество

Russian

suffix

Definitions

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

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьstvo (suffix forming nouns denoting a condition state).

Origin

Proto-Slavic

*-ьstvo

Gloss

suffix forming nouns denoting a condition state

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

-ство Russian
-шество Russian
*bel- Proto-Indo-European
-stwo Polish
*-ьstvo Proto-Slavic
-stvo Czech
-stvo Serbo-Croatian
-ство Serbo-Croatian
-stvo Slovak
-ства Belarusian
mnożstwo Old Polish