средство

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Macedonian

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Noun

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средство (sredstvon

  1. means, instrument

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Russian

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Etymology

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среда́ (sredá) +‎ -ство (-stvo)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈsrʲet͡stvə]
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Noun

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сре́дство (srédstvon inan (genitive сре́дства, nominative plural сре́дства or средства́*, genitive plural средств) (* Very common but proscribed)

  1. means, facility
  2. tool, instrument, equipment
  3. remedy, drug
    • 1907, Фёдор Сологуб [Fyodor Sologub], chapter III, in Маленький человек; English translation from Paul Selver, transl., The Tiny Man, 1919:
      — У меня́ есть сре́дство, — сказа́л Сара́нин, — отли́чно помога́ет.
      — Никаки́е сре́дства не помо́гут, — с ки́слой грима́сой сказа́ла Агла́я.
      — U menjá jestʹ srédstvo, — skazál Saránin, — otlíčno pomogájet.
      — Nikakíje srédstva ne pomógut, — s kísloj grimásoj skazála Aglája.
      "I have a remedy," said Saranin. "It acts wonderfully."
      ​"No remedies are any good," said Aglaya, with a sour grimace.
  4. (pl.) means, cash, money, funding (money)
  5. product

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Borrowed by Croatian lexicographer Bogoslav Šulek in the 19th century from Russian сре́дство (srédstvo).

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  • IPA(key): /srědstʋo/
  • Hyphenation: сред‧ство

Noun

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срѐдство n (Latin spelling srèdstvo)

  1. medium
  2. agent
  3. device, instrument
  4. resources

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