повѣсть

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pověstь. Equivalent to по- (po-) + вѣсть (věstĭ)

Noun

повѣсть • (pověstĭ) f

  1. tale, teaching

Declension

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pověstь. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic повѣсть (pověstĭ).

Pronunciation

  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈpɔʋeːstɪ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈpɔʋʲeːstʲɪ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈpɔʋʲɛːstʲ/, /ˈpɔʋʲeːstʲ/
  • Hyphenation: по‧вѣ‧сть

Noun

повѣсть (pověstĭ) f

  1. tale, narration
    • 1377, Dmitry of Suzdal, Laurentian Codex, page 1:
      Се повѣсти времѧньнꙑх лѣт.
      Se pověsti vremęnĭnyxt.
      This is the tale of bygone years.
  2. report, message
  3. teaching, doctrine
  4. explanation, clarification

Declension

Descendants

  • Belarusian: апо́весць (apóvjescʹ)
  • Russian: по́весть (póvestʹ)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: по́вість (póvistʹ)
  • Ukrainian: по́вість (póvistʹ)

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “повѣсть”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments] (in Russian), volumes 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1008
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