-ість
Ukrainian
suffix
Definitions
- hood, -ness, -ity (suffix appended to words to create a neuter noun, usually an abstract noun denoting a relation, social status, scientific discipline, quality or state).
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ostь.
Origin
Proto-Slavic
*-ostь
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -ость Russian
- -ość Polish
- *-ostь Proto-Slavic
- -ost Czech
- -ost Serbo-Croatian
- -ост Serbo-Croatian
- dragoste Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- -ост Macedonian
- -osť Slovak
- -осць Belarusian
- -ost Slovene
- -ость Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- бъдрость Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian