существо

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Russian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic сѫщьство (sǫštĭstvo). By surface analysis, су́щий (súščij) +‎ -ество (-estvo).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [sʊɕːɪstˈvo]
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Noun

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существо́ (suščestvón anim (genitive существа́, nominative plural существа́, genitive plural суще́ств)

  1. creature, being
  2. essence
    Synonym: су́щность (súščnostʹ)

Usage notes

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  • The noun существо́ is one of the rare Russian neuter nouns to have animacy. Other neuter nouns with animacy include живо́тное (živótnoje), насеко́мое (nasekómoje), etc.

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Derived terms

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References

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