сласть

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *solstь, from *sold- +‎ *-tь.

Noun

сласть • (slastĭ) f

1. pleasure
2. satisfaction
3. sweetness

Descendants

• → Russian: сласть (slastʹ)

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic сласть (slastĭ), from Proto-Slavic *solstь. The native Old East Slavic *солость (*solostĭ) is unattested, but is the source of солости́ть (solostítʹ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɫasʲtʲ]

Noun

сласть • (slastʹ) f inan (genitive сла́сти, nominative plural сла́сти, genitive plural сласте́й)

1. (colloquial, rare) sweetness
2. (colloquial) pleasure, enjoyment, candies
3. (plural only) sweets

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	сла́сть slástʹ	сла́сти slásti
genitive	сла́сти slásti	сласте́й slastéj
dative	сла́сти slásti	сластя́м slastjám
accusative	сла́сть slástʹ	сла́сти slásti
instrumental	сла́стью slástʹju	сластя́ми slastjámi
prepositional	сла́сти slásti	сластя́х slastjáx

Derived terms

• всласть (vslastʹ)
• сласти́ть (slastítʹ)

See also

• сла́дость (sládostʹ)

References

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