капость

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Ukrainian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

By metathesis from Old East Slavic пакость (pakostĭ), from Proto-Slavic *pakostь (vicissitude), whence also па́кість (pákistʹ). Likely formed in the northern dialects, as it has the suffix -ость (-ostʹ) rather than the expected -ість (-istʹ).

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ка́пость (kápostʹf inan (genitive ка́пості or ка́пости, nominative plural ка́пості, genitive plural ка́постей)

  1. (colloquial, countable) dirty/mean trick
  2. (derogatory, uncountable) filth

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