восток

See also: Восток

Russian

Alternative forms

восто́къ (vostók) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic въстокъ (vŭstokŭ, “rising, east”), displacing the native East Slavic form всток (vstok) (preserved in some dialects); the Old Church Slavonic term is a calque of Ancient Greek ἀνατολή (anatolḗ, “rising, east”). Related to встать (vstatʹ).

Pronunciation

Audio (file)
IPA^(key): [vɐˈstok]

Noun

восто́к • (vostók) m inan (genitive восто́ка, uncountable)

east
Synonym: (nautical) ост (ost)

Antonym: за́пад (západ)

Declension

Declension of восто́к (inan sg-only masc-form velar-stem accent-a)

	singular
nominative	восто́к vostók
genitive	восто́ка vostóka
dative	восто́ку vostóku
accusative	восто́к vostók
instrumental	восто́ком vostókom
prepositional	восто́ке vostóke

Coordinate terms

(compass points)

се́веро-за́пад (sévero-západ) норд-ве́ст (nord-vést)	се́вер (séver) норд (nord)	се́веро-восто́к (sévero-vostók) норд-о́ст (nord-óst)
за́пад (západ) вест (vest)		восто́к (vostók) ост (ost)
ю́го-за́пад (júgo-západ) зюйд-ве́ст (zjujd-vést)	юг (jug) зюйд (zjujd)	ю́го-восто́к (júgo-vostók) зюйд-о́ст (zjujd-óst)

Derived terms

Восто́к (Vostók, “the East, the Orient”)
восто́чный (vostóčnyj)

References

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “восток”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

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