верность

Russian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *věrьnostь. By surface analysis, ве́рный (vérnyj) + -ость (-ostʹ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvʲernəsʲtʲ]
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Noun

ве́рность (vérnostʹ) f inan (genitive ве́рности, nominative plural ве́рности, genitive plural ве́рностей)

  1. faithfulness, fidelity, loyalty
    Antonym: неве́рность (nevérnostʹ)
    ве́рность при́нципамvérnostʹ príncipamadherence to principles
  2. chastity
    по́яс ве́рностиpójas vérnostichastity belt
  3. correctness, accuracy, truth

Declension

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