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Noun edit

сословие (soslovien

  1. social rank

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic съсловие (sŭslovie), from Proto-Slavic *sъslovьje, itself a calque of Ancient Greek σύγκλητος (súnklētos) / σύλλογος (súllogos). By surface analysis, со- (so-) +‎ сло́во (slóvo) +‎ -ие (-ije).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [sɐsˈɫovʲɪje]
  • (file)

Noun edit

сосло́вие (soslóvijen inan (genitive сосло́вия, nominative plural сосло́вия, genitive plural сосло́вий, relational adjective сосло́вный)

  1. (historical) social estate
  2. social class, social rank (with strong connotations of cultural caste)

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References edit

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сословие”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress