черствість

Ukrainian

Etymology

From черстви́й (čerstvýj) + -ість (-istʹ). Compare Russian чёрствость (čórstvostʹ), Belarusian чэ́рствасць (čérstvascʹ), Polish czerstwość.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛrstʲʋʲisʲtʲ]

Noun

че́рствість • (čérstvistʹ) f inan (genitive че́рствості or че́рствости, uncountable)

  1. staleness (of baked goods)
  2. (figuratively) callousness, hard-heartedness, insensibility, obduracy
    Synonyms: безду́шність f (bezdúšnistʹ), (rare) безду́шшя n (bezdúššja), безсерде́чність f (bezserdéčnistʹ)

Declension

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