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сосло́вие
noun, neuter, inanimate
Very rarely used word (top 20,000)
estate, social class (e.g. in Imperial Russia)
В Российской империи права разных сословий сильно различались.
In the Russian Empire, the rights of different estates varied greatly.
Usage info
Refers to any legally or socially defined group with specific rights and duties, most commonly appearing in literature from or about pre-revolutionary Russia, in which the primary classes were, in order of prestige: nobility, clergy, merchants and peasants.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nom.nominative | сосло́вие | сосло́вия |
| gen.genitive | сосло́вия | сосло́вий |
| dat.dative | сосло́вию | сосло́виям |
| acc.accusative | сосло́вие | сосло́вия |
| inst.instrumental | сосло́вием | сосло́виями |
| prep.prepositional | сосло́вии | сосло́виях |
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thinkpad20 edited translation and usage info 4 days ago.
