пакость

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic пакость (pakostĭ), from Proto-Slavic *pakostь (vicissitude). Compare Old Church Slavonic пакость (pakostĭ, madness, tyranny), Ukrainian па́кість (pákistʹ) (gen. па́кости (pákosty)), Belarusian па́косць (pákoscʹ), Bulgarian па́кост (pákost, harm), Serbo-Croatian па̏ко̄ст (malice), Slovene pákost (vicissitude) (tonal orthography), Czech раkоsť (filth), Polish раkоść, Upper Sorbian раkоsć, Lower Sorbian раkоsć. For the original meaning, compare Old Church Slavonic опако (opako, backwards), пакы (paky, meanwhile).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpakəsʲtʲ]

Noun

па́кость (pákostʹ) f inan (genitive па́кости, nominative plural па́кости, genitive plural па́костей)

  1. filth
  2. dirty/mean trick
    де́лать па́кости
    délatʹ pákosti
    play dirty/mean tricks
  3. filthy language

Declension

  • пакостить (pakostitʹ), напакостить (napakostitʹ)
  • пакостный (pakostnyj)
  • пакостник (pakostnik)
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