jarost

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /jǎːrôːst/
• Hyphenation: jar‧ost

Etymology

Akin to Old Church Slavonic ꙗрость (jarostĭ), from Proto-Slavic *ěrostь ("fury"), from *ěrъ ("furious") + *-ость (abstract nominalizer).

Noun

járȏst f (Cyrillic spelling ја́ро̑ст)

1. (archaic) great or intense heat
2. fury, anger, wrath, rage
3. (archaic) vehemence, intensity, mental or spiritual excitement

Synonyms

• (heat): vrućina, jara
• (fury): gnev, ljutina, srditost
• (vehemence): zanesenost, jara