страсть

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Old Church Slavonic

Noun

страсть (strastĭf

  1. suffering, pain
  2. torment (Old East Church Slavonic)



Russian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [strasʲtʲ]
  • (file)

Noun

страсть (strastʹf inan (genitive стра́сти, nominative plural стра́сти, genitive plural страсте́й)

  1. passion; obsession
  2. strong love (between people)
  3. strong obsession with, attraction to some activity
  4. the subject of someone's passion
  5. (religion, plural only) horror; suffering
  6. (plural only) horror (story)
    Что за стра́сти ты расска́зываешь!
    Što za strásti ty rasskázyvaješʹ!
    Quite a horror story that are you telling me!

Declension

Related terms

Adverb

страсть (strastʹ)

  1. (colloquial) very, awfully

References

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