strast

See also: strasť

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech strast, from Proto-Slavic *strastь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈstrast]

Noun

strast f

1. hardship, suffering, affliction

Declension

Declension of strast (i-stem feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	strast	strasti
genitive	strasti	strastí
dative	strasti	strastem
accusative	strast	strasti
vocative	strasti	strasti
locative	strasti	strastech
instrumental	strastí	strastmi

Related terms

• soustrast
• strádat

See also

• utrpení
• bolest
• soužení
• trápení
• svízel
• starost

Further reading

• “strast”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “strast”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “strast”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adverb

strast

1. (dialectal) alternative form of straks
   • 1958, Alf Prøysen, “Helt tilfeldig”, in Kjærlighet på rundpinne, Oslo: Tiden, page 97:

     hu kom hem i går og ska reise att strast over helja

     she came home yesterday, and will travel again right after the weekend

   • 1953, Reidar Holtvedt, Historier fra Krokskauen, Oslo: Aschehoug, page 132:

     Så hok dom, og strast føre berjhufsen hevde mann se ta, [m]en kjelken reste beint utføre så det bare vart flisa att.

     They then ran [the sled] and right before the cliff, you through yourself off, but the sled raced straight down, so that there were only splinters left.

   • 1899 May 19, “En telemarkstur”, in Fredrikssten, page 2:

     andre Dajen fandt me han dau strast inne i eit Snar bortme ein Bergknaus

     [on] the second day, we found him dead just inside a thicket by a crag

References

• “strast”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *strastь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈstrast/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈstrast/

Noun

strast f

1. hardship, suffering
2. danger

Declension

Declension of strast (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	strast	strasti	strasti
genitive	strasti	strasťú	strastí
dative	strasti	strastma	strastem
accusative	strast	strasti	strasti
vocative	strasti	strasti	strasti
locative	strasti	strasťú	strastech
instrumental	strasťú	strastma	strastmi

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.

Descendants

• Czech: strast

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “strast”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Serbo-Croatian

Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia has an article on:

strast

Wikipedia ^sh

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *strastь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /strâːst/

Noun

strȃst f (Cyrillic spelling стра̑ст)

1. passion

Declension

Declension of strast

	singular	plural
nominative	strast	strasti
genitive	strasti	strasti
dative	strasti	strastima
accusative	strast	strasti
vocative	strasti	strasti
locative	strasti	strastima
instrumental	strašću / strasti	strastima

Further reading

• “strast”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *strastь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stráːst/

Noun

strȃst f

1. passion

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, i-stem, long mixed accent
nom. sing.	strást
gen. sing.	strastí
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	strást	strastí	strastí
genitive (rodȋlnik)	strastí	strastí	strastí
dative (dajȃlnik)	strásti	strastéma	strastém
accusative (tožȋlnik)	strást	strastí	strastí
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	strásti	strastéh	strastéh
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	strastjó	strastéma	strastmí

Derived terms

• strásten

Further reading

• “strast”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025