войско

Russian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic воиско (voisko), from Proto-Slavic *vojьsko, from *vojьskъ, from *voj- + *-ьskъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvojskə]

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Noun

во́йско • (vójsko) n inan (genitive во́йска, nominative plural войска́, genitive plural войск)

1. (military) host, army
2. (in the plural) troops, forces

Declension

Declension of во́йско (inan neut-form velar-stem accent-c) 

	singular	plural
nominative	во́йско vójsko	войска́ vojská
genitive	во́йска vójska	во́йск vójsk
dative	во́йску vójsku	войска́м vojskám
accusative	во́йско vójsko	войска́ vojská
instrumental	во́йском vójskom	войска́ми vojskámi
prepositional	во́йске vójske	войска́х vojskáx

Synonyms

• а́рмия (ármija)
• ба́нда (bánda), тру́ппа (trúppa)

Related terms

• войсково́й (vojskovój)

References

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

vol=1 Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “войско”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN

vol=1 Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “война”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN