крёст

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *krьstъ. Compare крест (krest), a Church Slavic borrowing.

Noun

крёст • (krjost) m inan (genitive креста́, nominative plural кресты́, genitive plural кресто́в)

(dialectal) cross, crossroad

Derived terms

крёстный (krjóstnyj)

References

Филин, Ф. П., editor (1979), “крест (крёст)”, in Slovarʹ russkix narodnyx govorov [Dictionary of Russian Dialects] (in Russian), volume 15, Leningrad: Nauka, Leningrad branch, page 225
Филин, Ф. П., editor (1979), “крёст”, in Slovarʹ russkix narodnyx govorov [Dictionary of Russian Dialects] (in Russian), volume 15, Leningrad: Nauka, Leningrad branch, page 226

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