радасць

Belarusian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian радость (radostʹ),[1] from Old East Slavic радость (radostĭ), from Proto-Slavic *radostь. By surface analysis, ра́ды (rády) +‎ -асць (-ascʹ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈradasʲt͡sʲ]
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  • Rhymes: -adasʲt͡sʲ
  • Hyphenation: ра‧дасць

Noun

ра́дасць • (rádascʹf inan (genitive ра́дасці, nominative plural ра́дасці, genitive plural ра́дасцей)

  1. joy, delight

Declension

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Bulyka, A. M., editor (2009), “радость”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 29 (пристрастный – ракъ), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 441

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