-stwo

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьstvo.

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /stfɔ/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /stfɔ/

-stwo

1. forms abstract or collective nouns

• Polish: -stwo
• Silesian: -stwo

• -ctwo, -dztwo

Inherited from Old Polish -stwo.

• IPA^(key): /stfɔ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔ
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-stwo n

1. forms neuter, usually abstract nouns denoting a relation, social status, scientific discipline, quality or a state; -hood, -ness, -dom

   ‎brat + ‎-stwo → ‎braterstwo

-stwo vir

1. (literary) suffix appended to words to create a title or position and their wife

   ‎ambasador + ‎-stwo → ‎ambasadorstwo

• -ość, -ota

• -stwo in Polish dictionaries at PWN