starost

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish starosta.

Noun

starost (plural starosts)

1. (historical) A Polish nobleman who possessed a starosty.

Anagrams

• stators

Czech

Etymology

From starat + -ost.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈstarost]

• Audio:

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Noun

starost f

1. concern, worry, anxiety

   mít na starosti ― to be responsible (literally: to have on care)

2. sorrow

Declension

Declension of starost (i-stem feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	starost	starosti
genitive	starosti	starostí
dative	starosti	starostem
accusative	starost	starosti
vocative	starosti	starosti
locative	starosti	starostech
instrumental	starostí	starostmi

Related terms

• bezstarostný
• dělat starosti
• starat
• starosta m
• starostlivý

See also

• radost f

Further reading

• “starost”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “starost”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “starost”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *starostь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stâroːst/
• Hyphenation: sta‧rost

Noun

stȁrōst f (Cyrillic spelling ста̏ро̄ст)

1. age
2. old age

Declension

Declension of starost

	singular	plural
nominative	stȁrōst	stȁrosti
genitive	stȁrosti	staròstī
dative	stȁrosti	staròstima
accusative	stȁrōst	stȁrosti
vocative	stȁrosti	stȁrosti
locative	staròsti	staròstima
instrumental	stȁrošću	staròstima

Further reading

• Matea Birtić et al. (2012), “starost”, in Školski rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [School Dictionary of the Croatian Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje [Institute of the Croatian Language and Linguistics]; Školska knjiga

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *starostь. Equivalent to stȁr +‎ -ost.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stàːrɔst/, /staróːst/

Noun

stárost or starọ̑st f

1. old age

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, i-stem
nominative	stárost
genitive	stárosti
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	stárost
genitive (rodȋlnik)	stárosti
dative (dajȃlnik)	stárosti
accusative (tožȋlnik)	stárost
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	stárosti
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	stárostjo

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, i-stem
nominative	staróst
genitive	starósti
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	staróst
genitive (rodȋlnik)	starósti
dative (dajȃlnik)	starósti
accusative (tožȋlnik)	staróst
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	starósti
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	staróstjo

Further reading

• “starost”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “starost”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references