гатоўнасць

• гато́васць (hatóvascʹ)
• гатоўнасьць (hatóŭnasʹcʹ), гато́васьць (hatóvasʹcʹ) — Taraškievica orthography
• hatoŭnaść, hatovaść — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

From гато́вы (hatóvy) +‎ -насць (-nascʹ). Compare Bulgarian гото́вност (gotóvnost), Russian гото́вность (gotóvnostʹ) and Ukrainian гото́вність (hotóvnistʹ).

• IPA^(key): [ɣaˈtou̯nasʲt͡sʲ]
• Rhymes: -ou̯nasʲt͡sʲ

гато́ўнасць • (hatóŭnascʹ) f inan (genitive гато́ўнасці, uncountable)

1. readiness, preparedness

   у баяво́й гато́ўнасці ― u bajavój hatóŭnasci ― on alert (literally, “in combat readiness”)

2. eagerness, willingness, desire to do something

   вы́сказаць гато́ўнасць ― výskazacʹ hatóŭnascʹ ― to express willingness

• This form with the rebracketed -насць (-nascʹ) instead of -асць (-ascʹ) is likely due to Russian influence. The alternative form гато́васць (hatóvascʹ) is formed with -асць (-ascʹ), and more closely resembles Polish gotowość, which see also Ukrainian гото́вість (hotóvistʹ). Regardless, the vast majority of dictionaries only record the -насць (-nascʹ) form.
• Both гато́ўнасьць (hatóŭnasʹcʹ) and гато́васьць (hatóvasʹcʹ) seem to be valid Taraškievica variants, and both forms have been at different times used by the media outlet Радыё Свабода (Radyjó Svabóda).

• “гатоўнасць” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
• “гатоўнасцю”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)