пакость

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic пакость (pakostĭ), from Proto-Slavic *pakostь (vicissitude).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpakəsʲtʲ]

Noun

па́кость • (pákostʹf inan (genitive па́кости, nominative plural па́кости, genitive plural па́костей, relational adjective па́костный)

  1. filth
  2. dirty/mean trick
    де́лать па́кости
    délatʹ pákosti
    play dirty/mean tricks
  3. filthy language

Declension

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Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пакость”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress