"начальство" meaning in Russian

See начальство in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [nɐˈt͡ɕælʲstvə] Audio: Ru-начальство.ogg
Etymology: нача́ло (načálo) + -ство (-stvo) Etymology templates: {{af|ru|нача́ло|-ство}} нача́ло (načálo) + -ство (-stvo) Head templates: {{ru-noun+|нача́льство}} нача́льство • (načálʹstvo) n inan (genitive нача́льства, nominative plural нача́льства, genitive plural нача́льств) Forms: нача́льство [canonical], načálʹstvo [romanization], нача́льства [genitive], нача́льства [nominative, plural], нача́льств [genitive, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], нача́льство [nominative, singular], нача́льства [nominative, plural], нача́льства [genitive, singular], нача́льств [genitive, plural], нача́льству [dative, singular], нача́льствам [dative, plural], нача́льство [accusative, singular], нача́льства [accusative, plural], нача́льством [instrumental, singular], нача́льствами [instrumental, plural], нача́льстве [prepositional, singular], нача́льствах [plural, prepositional], no-table-tags [table-tags], нача́льство [dated, nominative, singular], нача́льства [dated, nominative, plural], нача́льства [dated, genitive, singular], нача́льствъ [dated, genitive, plural], нача́льству [dated, dative, singular], нача́льствамъ [dated, dative, plural], нача́льство [accusative, dated, singular], нача́льства [accusative, dated, plural], нача́льствомъ [dated, instrumental, singular], нача́льствами [dated, instrumental, plural], нача́льствѣ [dated, prepositional, singular], нача́льствахъ [dated, plural, prepositional]
  1. command, direction
    Sense id: en-начальство-ru-noun-I8bUbWuF Categories (other): Russian links with redundant alt parameters, Russian links with redundant wikilinks, Russian nouns with accent pattern a, Russian terms suffixed with -ство, Collectives, Leaders Disambiguation of Russian links with redundant alt parameters: 32 37 32 Disambiguation of Russian links with redundant wikilinks: 32 37 32 Disambiguation of Russian nouns with accent pattern a: 32 37 32 Disambiguation of Russian terms suffixed with -ство: 32 37 32 Disambiguation of Collectives: 32 37 32 Disambiguation of Leaders: 32 39 29
  2. authorities
    Sense id: en-начальство-ru-noun-l1Z1e4xt Categories (other): Russian links with redundant alt parameters, Russian links with redundant wikilinks, Russian nouns with accent pattern a, Russian terms suffixed with -ство, Collectives, Leaders Disambiguation of Russian links with redundant alt parameters: 32 37 32 Disambiguation of Russian links with redundant wikilinks: 32 37 32 Disambiguation of Russian nouns with accent pattern a: 32 37 32 Disambiguation of Russian terms suffixed with -ство: 32 37 32 Disambiguation of Collectives: 32 37 32 Disambiguation of Leaders: 32 39 29
  3. (colloquial) chief, head, boss Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-начальство-ru-noun-~uNtRty8 Categories (other): Russian entries with incorrect language header, Russian links with redundant alt parameters, Russian links with redundant wikilinks, Russian nouns with accent pattern a, Russian terms suffixed with -ство, Collectives, Leaders Disambiguation of Russian entries with incorrect language header: 15 13 72 Disambiguation of Russian links with redundant alt parameters: 32 37 32 Disambiguation of Russian links with redundant wikilinks: 32 37 32 Disambiguation of Russian nouns with accent pattern a: 32 37 32 Disambiguation of Russian terms suffixed with -ство: 32 37 32 Disambiguation of Collectives: 32 37 32 Disambiguation of Leaders: 32 39 29
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: нача́льник (načálʹnik)
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        "dated",
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "нача́льствамъ",
      "roman": "načálʹstvam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "нача́льство",
      "roman": "načálʹstvo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dated",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "нача́льства",
      "roman": "načálʹstva",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dated",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "нача́льствомъ",
      "roman": "načálʹstvom",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "нача́льствами",
      "roman": "načálʹstvami",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "нача́льствѣ",
      "roman": "načálʹstvě",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "prepositional",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "нача́льствахъ",
      "roman": "načálʹstvax",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "plural",
        "prepositional"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "нача́льство"
      },
      "expansion": "нача́льство • (načálʹstvo) n inan (genitive нача́льства, nominative plural нача́льства, genitive plural нача́льств)",
      "name": "ru-noun+"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Russian",
  "lang_code": "ru",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "načálʹnik",
      "word": "нача́льник"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "command, direction"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "command",
          "command"
        ],
        [
          "direction",
          "direction"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "authorities"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "authorities",
          "authorities"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Russian colloquialisms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "chief, head, boss"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chief",
          "chief"
        ],
        [
          "head",
          "head"
        ],
        [
          "boss",
          "boss"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) chief, head, boss"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[nɐˈt͡ɕælʲstvə]"
    },
    {
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c8/Ru-%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE.ogg/Ru-%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c8/Ru-%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "начальство"
}

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