крест

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Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic крьстъ (krĭstŭ), from Proto-Slavic *krьstъ. Doublet of крёст (krjost), the inherited East Slavic form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [krʲest]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

крест (krestm inan or m anim or f anim (genitive креста́, nominative plural кресты́, genitive plural кресто́в, relational adjective крестово́й or кресто́вый or крёстный or кре́стный, diminutive кре́стик)

  1. cross
    крест-на́крестkrest-nákrestcrosswise
    вот те крестvot te krestcross my heart
  2. (criminal slang, animate) thief

Declension

Derived terms

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “крест”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “крест”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 442