# страсть
## Old Church Slavonic
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *strastь, morphologically страдати (stradati, “to suffer”) +‎ -ть (-tĭ).

### Noun

страсть • (strastĭ) f
* suffering, anguish, torment
** from the Life of Good King Wencelaus:
    книги ѡ родѣ и ѡ страсти свѧтаго кнѧзѧ вѧчеславаknigi o rodě i o strasti svętago knęzę vęčeslavaA book about the family and suffering of the holy prince Wenceslaus
** “ⱄⱅⱃⰰⱄⱅⱐⰿⰻ (leaf 4, line -6)”, in Codex Zographensis [Глаг. 1]‎ (in Old Church Slavonic), National Library of Russia, 1000±33, page Mt:4:24:
    ꙇ҅ привѣсѧ емꙋ вьсѧ болѧштѧѩ · различьнъꙇми недѫгꙑ · ꙇ҅ страстьми о꙼дръжимꙑ · ꙇ҅ бѣсънꙑѩ · ꙇ҅ мѣсѧчьнꙑѩ зълꙑ недѫгꙑ ꙇ҅мѫштѧ · ꙇ҅ ослабл҄енꙑ жилами · ꙇ҅ ицѣли ѩ ·And they brought unto him all that were sick, holden with divers diseases and torments, possessed with demons, and epileptic, and palsied; and he healed them.
* martyrdom (death as a martyr)
* passion, painfully strong emotion

#### Derived terms

* беспристрастиѥ (bespristrastije)
* бестрастиѥ (bestrastije)
* бестрастьнъ (bestrastĭnŭ)
* добрострастиѥ (dobrostrastije)
* злострастиѥ (zlostrastije)
* любострастиѥ (ljubostrastije)
* многострастьнъ (mnogostrastĭnŭ)
* острастити (ostrastiti)
* подобострастие (podobostrastije)
* пристрастиѥ (pristrastije)
* пристрастьнъ (pristrastĭnŭ)
* рабострастиѥ (rabostrastije)
* равьнострастьѥ (ravĭnostrastĭje)
* сладострастиѥ (sladostrastije)
* страстованиѥ (strastovanije)
* страстовати (strastovati)
* страстоносьць (strastonosĭcĭ)
* страстотрьпиѥ (strastotrĭpije)
* страстотрьпьць (strastotrĭpĭcĭ)
* страстьникъ (strastĭnikŭ)
* страстьница (strastĭnica)
* страстьнъ (strastĭnŭ)

#### Related terms

* страданиѥ (stradanije)

### References

* Miklosich, Franz (1850) Lexicon linguae Slovenicae. Veteris dialecti‎, Vienna
* Бояджиев, Андрей (2016) Старобългарска читанка‎, София

## Russian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *strastь.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [strasʲtʲ]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

страсть • (strastʹ) f inan (genitive стра́сти, nominative plural стра́сти, genitive plural страсте́й)
* passion; obsession
* strong love (between people)
* strong obsession with, attraction to some activity
* the subject of someone's passion
* (religion, in the plural) horror; suffering
    стра́сти Христо́выstrásti XristóvyPassion
    В "Стра́стях по Иоа́нну" И. С. Ба́хаV "Strástjax po Ioánnu" I. S. BáxaIn J.S. Bach's "St John Passion"
* (in the plural) horror (story)
    Что за стра́сти ты расска́зываешь!Što za strásti ty rasskázyvaješʹ!Quite a horror story that are you telling me!

#### Related terms

* пристра́стие (pristrástije)
* страстотерпец (strastoterpec)
* страстоцвет (strastocvet)
* страстной (strastnoj)
* стра́стность (strástnostʹ)
* стра́стный (strástnyj)

### Adverb

страсть • (strastʹ)
* (colloquial) very, awfully

### References

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

## Ukrainian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *strastь.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [strasʲtʲ]

### Noun

страсть • (strastʹ) f inan (genitive стра́сті or стра́сти, nominative plural стра́сті, genitive plural страсте́й)
* (Christianity, also in the plural) church service during the evening of the Maundy Thursday
* passion (a strong feeling); obsession
* strong love (between people, especially carnal)
* strong obsession with, attraction to some activity

#### Related terms

* стра́сний (strásnyj)

### Further reading

* Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “страсть”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
* Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund (2001–2025) “Словники України” online [Dictionaries of Ukraine online]‎ (in Ukrainian)