волость

Russian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic волость (volostĭ), from Proto-Slavic *volstь (“rule”). Doublet of власть (vlastʹ, “power, authority”), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvoɫəsʲtʲ]

Noun

во́лость • (vólostʹ) f inan (genitive во́лости, nominative plural во́лости, genitive plural волосте́й)

1. (historical) volost, district, county

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	во́лость vólostʹ	во́лости vólosti
genitive	во́лости vólosti	волосте́й volostéj
dative	во́лости vólosti	волостя́м volostjám
accusative	во́лость vólostʹ	во́лости vólosti
instrumental	во́лостью vólostʹju	волостя́ми volostjámi
prepositional	во́лости vólosti	волостя́х volostjáx

Descendants

• Kazakh: болыс (bolys)

References

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