сѫщьство

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From the active present participle сꙑ, сѫщ- ("being"), translating Ancient Greek οὐσία (ousía), from ὀυτ- (out-, “being”).

Noun

сѫщьство • (sǫštĭstvo) n

1. creation
2. being
3. essence

Descendants

• Russian: существо (suščestvo)
• Bulgarian: същество (sǎštestvo)
• Macedonian: суштество (suštestvo)
• Serbo-Croatian: суштина