войско

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic воиско (voisko), from Proto-Slavic *vojьsko.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvojskə]

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Noun

во́йско • (vójsko) n inan (genitive во́йска, nominative plural войска́, genitive plural войск, relational 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)

Descendants

• → Ingrian: voiska

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “войско”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “войско”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 162
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “война”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 162