Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ustav

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: us-tav
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The earliest style of Cyrillic writing developed from Greek uncial in the late 9th century, predominant in the 11th–14th centuries.

noun

A church statute prescribing daily prayer, feast days, and fasts.

Example Sentences

"The handsomely fashioned writing is of the type described as polu-ustav (semi-uncial), which is midway between the stately ustav and the cursive, . . . —A. Aronson, Rabindranath Through Western Eyes"
"While most of the service books are employed only in the conduct of public devotion, the psalter and the ustav are widely read works that are found in every household. —David Scheffel, In the Shadow of Antichrist: The Old Believers of Alberta"

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic оуставъ (ustavŭ). Cognate of устав in modern Bulgarian and modern Russian.

Word Breakdown

Root: оуставъ

Inflected Forms

ustavs (plural)

Derived Forms

poluustav

Phrases

polu-ustav semi-ustav

Synonyms

uncial typikon typicon

Questions

What does ustav mean?: The earliest style of Cyrillic writing developed from Greek uncial in the late 9th century, predominant in the 11th–14th centuries.
Where does ustav come from?: Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic оуставъ (ustavŭ). Cognate of устав in modern Bulgarian and modern Russian.

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