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
Noun
во́лость • (vólostʹ) f inan (genitive во́лости, nominative plural во́лости, genitive plural волосте́й)
Declension
Declension of во́лость (inan fem-form 3rd-decl accent-e)
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
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