черствість

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Ukrainian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From черстви́й (čerstvýj) +‎ -ість (-istʹ). Compare Russian чёрствость (čórstvostʹ), Belarusian чэ́рствасць (čérstvascʹ), Polish czerstwość.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛrstʲʋʲisʲtʲ]
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Noun[edit]

че́рствість (čérstvistʹf inan (genitive че́рствості or че́рствости, uncountable)

  1. staleness (of baked goods)
  2. (figuratively) callousness, hard-heartedness, insensibility, obduracy
    Synonyms: безду́шність f (bezdúšnistʹ), (rare) безду́шшя n (bezdúššja), безсерде́чність f (bezserdéčnistʹ)

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