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ość

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See also: osc, OSC, -osc, -ość, and -ôsc

Polish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ostь. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁ (“bone”)[1] or more likely from *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).[2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ość f (diminutive ostka)

  1. fishbone
  2. (botany) awn, beard
    Synonym: wąs

Declension

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Declension of ość
singular plural
nominative ość ości
genitive ości ości
dative ości ościom
accusative ość ości
instrumental ością ościami/ośćmi
locative ości ościach
vocative ości ości

Derived terms

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adjective

References

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  1. ^ “ość”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[1] (in Polish)
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ȏstь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 380

Further reading

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  • “ość”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • “ość”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[3] (in Polish)
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