леность

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lěnostь, based on *lěnъ (“lazy”); compare Old East Slavic лѣнꙑи (lěnyi), Belarusian ляны́ (ljaný), Bulgarian лен (len), Serbo-Croatian ли̏jен, Czech líný, etc. By surface analysis, *лено́й (*lenój, “lazy”) +‎ -ость (-ostʹ), based on a no-longer existing adjectival form of лень (lenʹ, “laziness”), replaced in modern Russian with лени́вый (lenívyj) (but dialectal лено́й (lenój) is still found).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈlʲenəsʲtʲ]

Noun

ле́ность • (lénostʹ) f inan (genitive ле́ности, nominative plural ле́ности, genitive plural ле́ностей)

  1. laziness, indolence, idleness, sloth

Declension
Declension of ле́ность (inan fem-form 3rd-decl accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative ле́ность
lénostʹ		 ле́ности
lénosti
genitive ле́ности
lénosti		 ле́ностей
lénostej
dative ле́ности
lénosti		 ле́ностям
lénostjam
accusative ле́ность
lénostʹ		 ле́ности
lénosti
instrumental ле́ностью
lénostʹju		 ле́ностями
lénostjami
prepositional ле́ности
lénosti		 ле́ностях
lénostjax
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