товариство

Ukrainian

Etymology

това́риш (továryš, “fellow, comrade, companion”) +‎ -ство (-stvo, “-ship”). Compare Polish towarzystwo, Belarusian тавары́ства (tavarýstva).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɔʋɐˈrɪstwɔ]

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Noun

товари́ство • (tovarýstvo) n inan (genitive товари́ства, nominative plural товари́ства, genitive plural товари́ств)

1. informal group of people with a common purpose: partnership, fellowship, company, camaraderie
2. institution that is a corporate person: association, society, company

Declension

Declension of товари́ство (inan hard neut-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	товари́ство tovarýstvo	товари́ства tovarýstva
genitive	товари́ства tovarýstva	товари́ств tovarýstv
dative	товари́ству tovarýstvu	товари́ствам tovarýstvam
accusative	товари́ство tovarýstvo	товари́ства tovarýstva
instrumental	товари́ством tovarýstvom	товари́ствами tovarýstvamy
locative	товари́стві tovarýstvi	товари́ствах tovarýstvax
vocative	товари́ство tovarýstvo	товари́ства tovarýstva

Derived terms

• акціоне́рне товари́ство n (akcionérne tovarýstvo, “joint-stock company”)
• співтовари́ство n (spivtovarýstvo, “community”)

 

Related terms

• товаришування (tovaryšuvannja) sense of togetherness: fellow-feeling, camaraderie, fellowship, companionship, esprit de corps, team spirit

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “товариство”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “товариство”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)