крест

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]
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Noun

крест • (krest) m 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-на́крест ― krest-nákrest ― crosswise
    вот те крест ― vot te krest ― cross my heart
  2. (criminal slang, animate) thief

Declension
Declension of крест (bian masc-form hard-stem accent-b) 
singular plural
nominative кре́ст
krést		 кресты́
krestý
genitive креста́
krestá		 кресто́в
krestóv
dative кресту́
krestú		 креста́м
krestám
accusative animate

inanimate		 креста́
krestá		 кресто́в
krestóv
кре́ст
krést		 кресты́
krestý
instrumental кресто́м
krestóm		 креста́ми
krestámi
prepositional кресте́
kresté		 креста́х
krestáx

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, volumes 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 442
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