-ство

Belarusian

Suffix

-ство́ • (-stvó)

Stressed variant of -ства (-stva).

Derived terms

Belarusian terms suffixed with -ство

рамяство

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *-ьstvo.

Suffix

-ство • (-stvo) n

Suffix appended to words to create a neuter noun, usually an abstract noun denoting a relation, social status, scientific discipline, quality or a state; equivalent to English -hood or -ness.

Derived terms

Bulgarian terms suffixed with -ство

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьstvo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [stvɔ]

Suffix

-ство • (-stvo) n

suffix appended to nouns and adjectives to create a neuter noun, usually an abstract noun denoting a relation, social status, scientific discipline, quality or state: -hood, -ness, -ship, -ity, -dom

Derived terms

Russian

Alternative forms

-ество (-estvo)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьstvo.

Pronunciation

-ство: IPA^(key): [stvə]
-ство́: IPA^(key): [ˈstvo]

Suffix

-ство or -ство́ • (-stvo or -stvó) n

suffix appended to nouns and adjectives to create a neuter noun, usually an abstract noun denoting a relation, social status, scientific discipline, quality or state: -hood, -ness, -ship, -ity

Declension

Declension of -ство, -ство́ (inan neut-form hard-stem accent-a/b)

	singular	plural
nominative	-ство, -ство́ -stvo, -stvó	-ства, -ства́ -stva, -stvá
genitive	-ства, -ства́ -stva, -stvá	-ств -stv
dative	-ству, -ству́ -stvu, -stvú	-ствам, -ства́м -stvam, -stvám
accusative	-ство, -ство́ -stvo, -stvó	-ства, -ства́ -stva, -stvá
instrumental	-ством, -ство́м -stvom, -stvóm	-ствами, -ства́ми -stvami, -stvámi
prepositional	-стве, -стве́ -stve, -stvé	-ствах, -ства́х -stvax, -stváx

Pre-reform declension of -ство, -ство́ (inan neut-form hard-stem accent-a/b)

	singular	plural
nominative	-ство, -ство́ -stvo, -stvó	-ства, -ства́ -stva, -stvá
genitive	-ства, -ства́ -stva, -stvá	-ствъ -stv
dative	-ству, -ству́ -stvu, -stvú	-ствамъ, -ства́мъ -stvam, -stvám
accusative	-ство, -ство́ -stvo, -stvó	-ства, -ства́ -stva, -stvá
instrumental	-ствомъ, -ство́мъ -stvom, -stvóm	-ствами, -ства́ми -stvami, -stvámi
prepositional	-ствѣ, -ствѣ́ -stvě, -stvě́	-ствахъ, -ства́хъ -stvax, -stváx

Derived terms

Russian terms suffixed with -ство

адъютантство (adʺjutantstvo)
англоманство (anglomanstvo)
архипасторство (arxipastorstvo)
барство (barstvo)
богоискательство (bogoiskatelʹstvo)
братоубийство (bratoubijstvo)
бумаготворчество (bumagotvorčestvo)
бунтарство (buntarstvo)
вольнодумство (volʹnodumstvo)
земля́чество (zemljáčestvo)
ремство (remstvo)
снохачество (snoxačestvo)

Related terms

-инство (-instvo)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьstvo.

Suffix

-ство (Latin spelling -stvo)

Suffix appended to words to create a neuter noun, usually an abstract noun denoting a relation, social status, scientific discipline, quality or a state. Corresponding to English -hood or -ness.

Derived terms

Serbo-Croatian terms suffixed with -ство

Related terms

-анство

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *-ьstvo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ stwɔ]
Audio: (file)

Suffix

-ство • (-stvo) n (variant -ість)

Suffix added to nouns and adjectives to create an abstract noun, corresponding to English -ness, -hood, -dom.

Declension

Declension of *-ство́*
(inan hard neut-form accent-a)
	singular	plural
nominative	-ство́ -stvó	-ства́ -stvá
genitive	-ства́ -stvá	-́ств -́stv
dative	-ству́ -stvú	-ства́м -stvám
accusative	-ство́ -stvó	-ства́ -stvá
instrumental	-ство́м -stvóm	-ства́ми -stvámy
locative	-стві́ -ství	-ства́х -stváx
vocative	-ство́ -stvó	-ства́ -stvá