ста́рость

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nounfeminineinanimateuncountablenoun in -ь

1.
old age, agedness, senescence
В ста́рости он стал Споко́йнее.
In old age he became calmer.
"Senescence" and "agedness" are formal or technical; "old age" is the everyday equivalent.

Examples

Он увидел старика, трясшегося от старости.
He saw an old man trembling with age.
Кто не вы́растил дете́й, того́ ожида́ет печа́льная ста́рость.
Whoever has not raised children faces a sad old age.
Дед умер от апоплексии в старости.
His grandfather died of apoplexy in old age.
Дед был несгибаемым человеком до старости.
Grandfather was an unyielding man well into old age.
Мужчина, окрестившийся в старости, стал очень набожным.
The man who was baptized in old age became very devout.
Куртка, разлезавшаяся от старости, была вся в дырах.
The jacket, which had come apart with age, was full of holes.
Ста́рость не ра́дость.
Old age isn't pleasant.
Потолок, проломившийся от старости, рухнул в подвал.
The ceiling, which had caved in with age, collapsed into the basement.

This noun exists in singular form only.