прелесть
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic прѣльсть (prělĭstĭ). By surface analysis, пре- (pre-) + лесть (lestʹ).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]пре́лесть • (prélestʹ) f inan (genitive пре́лести, nominative plural пре́лести, genitive plural пре́лестей)
- charm, fascination
- пре́лесть новизны́ ― prélestʹ novizný ― charm of novelty
- (in the plural) delights
- же́нские пре́лести (euphemism) ― žénskije prélesti ― woman's breasts
- (Eastern Orthodoxy) spiritual delusion, deception, conceit
Declension
[edit]Declension of пре́лесть (inan fem-form 3rd-decl accent-a)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | пре́лесть prélestʹ |
пре́лести prélesti |
genitive | пре́лести prélesti |
пре́лестей prélestej |
dative | пре́лести prélesti |
пре́лестям prélestjam |
accusative | пре́лесть prélestʹ |
пре́лести prélesti |
instrumental | пре́лестью prélestʹju |
пре́лестями prélestjami |
prepositional | пре́лести prélesti |
пре́лестях prélestjax |
Derived terms
[edit]- преле́стный (preléstnyj)
Related terms
[edit]- лесть (lestʹ)
- прельща́ть (prelʹščátʹ), прельсти́ть (prelʹstítʹ)
References
[edit]- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “прелесть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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