Russian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lěnostь, based on *lěnъ (lazy); compare Old East Slavic лѣнꙑи (lěnyi), Belarusian ляны́ (ljaný), Bulgarian лен (len), Serbo-Croatian ли̏jен, Czech líný, etc. By surface analysis, *лено́й (*lenój, lazy) +‎ -ость (-ostʹ), based on a no-longer existing adjectival form of лень (lenʹ, laziness), replaced in modern Russian with лени́вый (lenívyj) (but dialectal лено́й (lenój) is still found).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ле́ность (lénostʹf inan (genitive ле́ности, nominative plural ле́ности, genitive plural ле́ностей)

  1. laziness, indolence, idleness, sloth

Declension

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