poluustav

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noun

A style of Cyrillic writing with rounder letters than ustav, a slight rightward slant, and extensive use of scribal abbreviations.

OriginOld Church Slavonic [Term?] →
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Meanings

nounpoluustav (uncountable)
  1. uncountablebiologyA style of Cyrillic writing with rounder letters than ustav, a slight rightward slant, and extensive use of scribal abbreviations.

Origin

  1. Old Church Slavonic[Term?]
  2. Englishpoluustav

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic [Term?]. Cognate of полуустав in modern Bulgarian and modern Russian.

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APA

poluustav. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poluustav

MLA

“poluustav.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poluustav. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “poluustav,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poluustav.

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