In the Russian language there are words that were once used in everyday speech and were not considered something out of the ordinary, but are hardly ever used today. One of these words is the mysterious word "hypostasis." It is not even clear what part of speech it refers to. Let's figure it out in order.
Hypostasis is ...
Even if we have a rough idea of what the word “hypostasis” means, it is better to clarify its meaning in the explanatory dictionary.
Hypostasis is:
- One of the trinity in the Christian religion (direct meaning).
- One form of manifestation of something (figurative meaning).
Stress
The word "hypostasis" consists of eight letters and seven sounds. There are fewer sounds than letters, because the letter "b" does not name any single sound.
It is known that in Russian the number of syllables depends on the number of vowels. In the word "hypostasis" there are three of them.
If there are more than one syllables, only one of them is stressed. In the word "hypostasis" the emphasis falls on the last syllable, therefore it is pronounced stronger than the rest.
Morphological characteristics, declination
From the point of view of morphology, “hypostasis” is an inanimate common noun of the feminine gender. Since "hypostasis" ends with a soft sign, it refers to the third declension and, in accordance with this, varies in cases and numbers.
| Case | Question | Singular noun examples | Plural noun examples |
| Nominative | What? | Hypostasis is a term used in Christian theology. | Two hypostases of this man contradicted one another, even psychologists could not figure out what was happening. |
| Genitive | What? | Only this hypostasis of Anatoly Danilovich has no shortcomings. | Yes, there are no such hypostases as Alinka’s in my arsenal. |
| Dative | Why? | I have no complaints about this hypostasis of yours. | All aspects of the human being must be respected. |
| Accusative | What? | A lightning bolt changed the face of the dragon. | I do not like his hypostasis, all but human. |
| Instrumental case | Than? | Young Marisabel from ancient Queensland has not yet learned how to manage the wolf face. | Hypostases are called images or states of a person. |
| Prepositional | About what? | Try yourself in a new hypostasis. | It was easier to live in animal forms than in the image of an ordinary person. |
Hypostasis: synonyms
Synonyms have the same or similar meanings. Is it possible to choose synonyms for the word "hypostasis"? This is nature, face, essence, image, appearance, nature.