скорбь

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic скърбь (skŭrbĭ), from Proto-Slavic *skъrbь. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic скръбь (skrŭbĭ), Bulgarian скръб (skrǎb), Serbo-Croatian скрб (“care”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [skorpʲ]
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Noun

скорбь • (skorbʹ) f inan (genitive ско́рби, nominative plural ско́рби, genitive plural скорбе́й)

  1. sorrow, grief
    • 1790, Александр Радищев, “София”, in Путешествие из Петербурга в Москву; English translation from Leo Wiener, transl., A Journey From St. Petersburg to Moscow, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1958:
      Кто знает голоса русских народных песен, тот признается, что есть в них нечто, скорбь душевную означающее.
      Kto znajet golosa russkix narodnyx pesen, tot priznajetsja, što jestʹ v nix nečto, skorbʹ duševnuju označajuščeje.
      He who knows the melodies of Russian folk songs must admit that there is something in them which suggests spiritual sorrow.

Declension
Declension of скорбь (inan fem-form 3rd-decl accent-e) 
singular plural
nominative ско́рбь
skórbʹ		 ско́рби
skórbi
genitive ско́рби
skórbi		 скорбе́й
skorbéj
dative ско́рби
skórbi		 скорбя́м
skorbjám
accusative ско́рбь
skórbʹ		 ско́рби
skórbi
instrumental ско́рбью
skórbʹju		 скорбя́ми
skorbjámi
prepositional ско́рби
skórbi		 скорбя́х
skorbjáx

Derived terms
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