крест

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Russian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [krʲest]
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Noun

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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

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Descendants

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References

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