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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic воиско (voisko), from Proto-Slavic *vojьsko.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈvojskə]
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Noun

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во́йско (vójskon inan (genitive во́йска, nominative plural войска́, genitive plural войск, relational adjective войсково́й)

  1. (military) army, host
    Synonym: а́рмия (ármija)
  2. (in the plural) troops, forces

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Ingrian: voiska

References

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “войско”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “войско”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 162
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “война”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 162