власть

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *volstь.

Noun

власть • (vlastĭ) f

1. power
2. province (Old East Church Slavonic)

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowing from Old Church Slavonic власть (vlastĭ), from Proto-Slavic *volstь. Doublet of во́лость (vólostʹ), the inherited East Slavic form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vlasʲtʲ]

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Noun

власть • (vlastʹ) f inan (genitive вла́сти, nominative plural вла́сти, genitive plural власте́й)

1. authority, authorities, power
2. rule, regime
3. control
4. (law) force (legal validity)

Declension

Declension of власть (inan fem-form 3rd-decl accent-e) 

	singular	plural
nominative	вла́сть vlástʹ	вла́сти vlásti
genitive	вла́сти vlásti	власте́й vlastéj
dative	вла́сти vlásti	властя́м vlastjám
accusative	вла́сть vlástʹ	вла́сти vlásti
instrumental	вла́стью vlástʹju	властя́ми vlastjámi
prepositional	вла́сти vlásti	властя́х vlastjáx

Related terms

Adjectives

• вла́стный (vlástnyj)

Nouns

• безвла́стие n (bezvlástije)
• властели́н m (vlastelín)
• власти́тель m (vlastítelʹ)
• властолю́бие n (vlastoljúbije)

Verbs

• владе́ть impf (vladétʹ)

Descendants

• → Armenian: վլաստ (vlast)

References

• Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “власть”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress