starost
English
Etymology
Polish starosta
Noun
starost (plural starosts)
- (historical) A Polish nobleman who possessed a starosty.
Anagrams
- stators
Czech
Etymology
From starat + -ost.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈstarost]
Audio (file)
Noun
starost f
- concern, worry, anxiety
- mít na starosti ― to be responsible (literally: to have on care)
- sorrow
Declension
Declension of starost
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | starost | starosti |
genitive | starosti | starostí |
dative | starosti | starostem |
accusative | starost | starosti |
vocative | starosti | starosti |
locative | starosti | starostech |
instrumental | starostí | starostmi |
Related terms
- dělat starosti
- starat
- starosta m
See also
- radost f
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)
- age
- 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
- 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