сословие

Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sɔˈsɫɔvi(j)ɛ]

Noun

сословие • (soslovien

  1. social rank

Declension

Declension of сословие
singular plural
indefinite сословие (soslovie) сословија (soslovija)
definite unspecified сословието (soslovieto) сословијата (soslovijata)
definite proximal сословиево (soslovievo) сословијава (soslovijava)
definite distal сословиено (soslovieno) сословијана (soslovijana)
vocative сословие (soslovie) сословија (soslovija)

Russian

Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sɐsˈɫovʲɪje]
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Noun

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)

Declension

References

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