Macedonian

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Noun

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сословие (soslovien

  1. social rank

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Russian

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Etymology

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

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  • IPA(key): [sɐsˈɫovʲɪje]
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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

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