войско

войско

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic воиско (voisko), from Proto-Slavic *vojьsko, from *vojьskъ, from *voj- + *-ьskъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvojskə]

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Noun

во́йско • (vójsko) n inan (genitive во́йска, nominative plural войска́, genitive plural войск, related adjective войсково́й)

1. (military) army, host

   Synonym: а́рмия (ármija)

2. (in the plural) troops, forces

Declension

Declension of во́йско (inan neut-form velar-stem accent-c) 

	singular	plural
nominative	во́йско vójsko	войска́ vojská
genitive	во́йска vójska	во́йск vójsk
dative	во́йску vójsku	войска́м vojskám
accusative	во́йско vójsko	войска́ vojská
instrumental	во́йском vójskom	войска́ми vojskámi
prepositional	во́йске vójske	войска́х vojskáx

Pre-reform declension of во́йско (inan neut-form velar-stem accent-c) 

	singular	plural
nominative	во́йско vójsko	войска́ vojská
genitive	во́йска vójska	во́йскъ vójsk
dative	во́йску vójsku	войска́мъ vojskám
accusative	во́йско vójsko	войска́ vojská
instrumental	во́йскомъ vójskom	войска́ми vojskámi
prepositional	во́йскѣ vójskě	войска́хъ vojskáx

Related terms

• войсково́й (vojskovój)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “войско”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. (1993), “войско”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1 (а – пантомима), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 162
• Chernykh, P. (1993), “война”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1 (а – пантомима), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 162