средство
Macedonian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsrɛtstvɔ]
Noun
средство • (sredstvo) n
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | средство (sredstvo) | средства (sredstva) |
| definite unspecified | средството (sredstvoto) | средствата (sredstvata) |
| definite proximal | средствово (sredstvovo) | средствава (sredstvava) |
| definite distal | средствоно (sredstvono) | средствана (sredstvana) |
| vocative | средство (sredstvo) | средства (sredstva) |
Russian
Alternative forms
- срѣ́дство (srě́dstvo) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Etymology
среда́ (sredá) + -ство (-stvo)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsrʲet͡stvə]
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Noun
сре́дство • (srédstvo) n inan (genitive сре́дства, nominative plural сре́дства or средства́*, genitive plural средств) (* Very common but proscribed)
- means, facility
- tool, instrument, equipment
- remedy, drug
- 1907, Фёдор Сологуб [Fyodor Sologub], chapter III, in Маленький человек; English translation from Paul Selver, transl., The Tiny Man, 1919:
- — У меня́ есть сре́дство, — сказа́л Сара́нин, — отли́чно помога́ет.
— Никаки́е сре́дства не помо́гут, — с ки́слой грима́сой сказа́ла Агла́я.- — U menjá jestʹ srédstvo, — skazál Saránin, — otlíčno pomogájet.
— Nikakíje srédstva ne pomógut, — s kísloj grimásoj skazála Aglája. - "I have a remedy," said Saranin. "It acts wonderfully."
"No remedies are any good," said Aglaya, with a sour grimace.
- — U menjá jestʹ srédstvo, — skazál Saránin, — otlíčno pomogájet.
- (business, finance, in the plural) assets; means; funding
- product
Declension
Declension of сре́дство (inan neut-form hard-stem accent-a/c)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | сре́дство srédstvo |
сре́дства, средства́* srédstva, sredstvá* |
| genitive | сре́дства srédstva |
сре́дств srédstv |
| dative | сре́дству srédstvu |
сре́дствам, средства́м* srédstvam, sredstvám* |
| accusative | сре́дство srédstvo |
сре́дства, средства́* srédstva, sredstvá* |
| instrumental | сре́дством srédstvom |
сре́дствами, средства́ми* srédstvami, sredstvámi* |
| prepositional | сре́дстве srédstve |
сре́дствах, средства́х* srédstvax, sredstváx* |
* Very common but proscribed.
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed by Croatian lexicographer Bogoslav Šulek in the 19th century from Russian сре́дство (srédstvo).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /srědstʋo/
- Hyphenation: сред‧ство
Noun
срѐдство n (Latin spelling srèdstvo)