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]
  • Audio(file)

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

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

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 starost starosti
genitive starosti starosti
dative starosti starostima
accusative starost starosti
vocative starosti starosti
locative starosti starostima
instrumental starošću / starosti starostima

Slovene

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /stàːrɔst/, /staróːst/

Noun

stárost or starọ̑st f

  1. old age

Inflection
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
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