капость

By metathesis from Old East Slavic пакость (pakostĭ), from Proto-Slavic *pakostь (“vicissitude”), whence also па́кість (pákistʹ). Likely formed in the northern dialects, as it has the suffix -ость (-ostʹ) rather than the expected -ість (-istʹ).

• IPA^(key): [ˈkapɔsʲtʲ]

ка́пость • (kápostʹ) f inan (genitive ка́пості or ка́пости, nominative plural ка́пості, genitive plural ка́постей)

1. (colloquial, countable) dirty/mean trick
2. (derogatory, uncountable) filth

• ка́постити (kápostyty), нака́постити (nakápostyty)
• ка́посний (káposnyj)
• ка́посник (káposnyk)

• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), “ка́пость”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 375
• Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “ка́пость”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “ка́пость”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “ка́пость”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN