starost

English

Etymology

Polish starosta

Noun

starost (plural starosts)

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

Anagrams


Czech

Etymology

From starat + -ost.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈstarost]
  • (file)

Noun

starost f

  1. concern, worry, anxiety
    mít na starostito be responsible (literally: to have on care)
  2. sorrow

Declension

See also

Further reading

  • starost in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • starost in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • starost in Internetová jazyková příručka

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *starostь.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

stȁrōst f (Cyrillic spelling ста̏ро̄ст)

  1. age
  2. old age

Declension


Slovene

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stàːrɔst/, /staróːst/

Noun

stárost or starọ̑st f

  1. old age

Inflection

Feminine, i-stem
nominative stárost
genitive stárosti
singular
nominative stárost
accusative stárost
genitive stárosti
dative stárosti
locative stárosti
instrumental stárostjo
Feminine, i-stem
nominative staróst
genitive starósti
singular
nominative staróst
accusative staróst
genitive starósti
dative starósti
locative starósti
instrumental staróstjo

Further reading

  • starost”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
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