власть

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Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *volstь.

Noun

власть (vlastĭf

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



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): [vɫasʲtʲ]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

власть (vlastʹf inan (genitive вла́сти, nominative plural вла́сти, genitive plural власте́й)

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

Declension

Adjectives

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Descendants

  • Armenian: վլաստ (vlast)

References

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