jestestwo
Appearance
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Old East Slavic естьство (estĭstvo), from Old Church Slavonic естьство, ѥстьство (estĭstvo, jestĭstvo), itself a calque of Ancient Greek οὐσία (ousía), from the feminine present participle of εἰμί (eimí, “I am”). By surface analysis, jest + -stwo.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]jestestwo n
- (philosophy) self (one individual's personality, character, demeanor, or disposition)
Declension
[edit]Declension of jestestwo
singular | |
---|---|
nominative | jestestwo |
genitive | jestestwa |
dative | jestestwu |
accusative | jestestwo |
instrumental | jestestwem |
locative | jestestwie |
vocative | jestestwo |
Further reading
[edit]Categories:
- Polish terms borrowed from Old East Slavic
- Polish terms derived from Old East Slavic
- Polish terms derived from Old Church Slavonic
- Polish terms suffixed with -stwo
- Polish 3-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Polish/ɛstfɔ
- Rhymes:Polish/ɛstfɔ/3 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish nouns
- Polish neuter nouns
- pl:Philosophy
- Polish singularia tantum