гатоўнасць

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• гато́васць (hatóvascʹ)
• гатоўнасьць (hatóŭnasʹcʹ), гато́васьць (hatóvasʹcʹ) — Taraškievica orthography
• hatoŭnaść, hatovaść — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

From гато́вы (hatóvy) +‎ -насць (-nascʹ). Compare Bulgarian гото́вност (gotóvnost), Russian гото́вность (gotóvnostʹ) and Ukrainian гото́вність (hotóvnistʹ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɣaˈtou̯nasʲt͡sʲ]
• Rhymes: -ou̯nasʲt͡sʲ

Noun

гато́ўнасць • (hatóŭnascʹ) f inan (genitive гато́ўнасці, uncountable)

1. readiness, preparedness

   у баяво́й гато́ўнасці ― u bajavój hatóŭnasci ― on alert (literally, “in combat readiness”)

2. eagerness, willingness, desire to do something

   вы́сказаць гато́ўнасць ― výskazacʹ hatóŭnascʹ ― to express willingness

Usage notes

• This form with the rebracketed -насць (-nascʹ) instead of -асць (-ascʹ) is likely due to Russian influence. The alternative form гато́васць (hatóvascʹ) is formed with -асць (-ascʹ), and more closely resembles Polish gotowość, which see also Ukrainian гото́вість (hotóvistʹ). Regardless, the vast majority of dictionaries only record the -насць (-nascʹ) form.
• Both гато́ўнасьць (hatóŭnasʹcʹ) and гато́васьць (hatóvasʹcʹ) seem to be valid Taraškievica variants, and both forms have been at different times used by the media outlet Радыё Свабода (Radyjó Svabóda).

Declension

Declension of гато́ўнасць (inan sg-only soft 3rd-decl fem-form accent-a)

	singular
nominative	гато́ўнасць hatóŭnascʹ
genitive	гато́ўнасці hatóŭnasci
dative	гато́ўнасці hatóŭnasci
accusative	гато́ўнасць hatóŭnascʹ
instrumental	гато́ўнасцю hatóŭnascju
locative	гато́ўнасці hatóŭnasci

References

• “гатоўнасць” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
• “гатоўнасцю”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)