-осць

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• -осьць (-osʹcʹ) — Taraškievica orthography
• -ość — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)
• -асць (-ascʹ) — unstressed

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ostь. Cognate with Polish -ość, Russian -ость (-ostʹ) and Ukrainian -ість (-istʹ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [osʲt͡sʲ]
• Rhymes: -osʲt͡sʲ

Suffix

-о́сць • (-óscʹ)

1. Used to form abstract nouns from adjectives; -ness, -ity, -dom.

   ‎прыго́жы (pryhóžy) + ‎-осць (-oscʹ) → ‎прыгажо́сць (pryhažóscʹ)

Declension

Declension of -о́сць (inan soft 3rd-decl fem-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	-о́сць -óscʹ	-о́сці -ósci
genitive	-о́сці -ósci	-о́сцей -óscjej
dative	-о́сці -ósci	-о́сцям -óscjam
accusative	-о́сць -óscʹ	-о́сці -ósci
instrumental	-о́сцю -óscju	-о́сцямі -óscjami
locative	-о́сці -ósci	-о́сцях -óscjax
count form	—	-о́сці1 -ósci1

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

Derived terms

Belarusian terms suffixed with -осць