войско

Inherited from Old East Slavic воиско (voisko), from Proto-Slavic *vojьsko, from *vojьskъ, from *voj- + *-ьskъ.

• IPA^(key): [ˈvojskə]

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во́йско • (vójsko) n inan (genitive во́йска, nominative plural войска́, genitive plural войск, related adjective войсково́й)

1. (military) army, host

   Synonym: а́рмия (ármija)

2. (in the plural) troops, forces

• войсково́й (vojskovój)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “войско”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993), “войско”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1 (а – пантомима), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 162
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993), “война”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1 (а – пантомима), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 162