восток

See also: Восток

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic въстокъ (vŭstokŭ), a calque of Ancient Greek ἀνατολή (anatolḗ). Cognates include Carpathian Rusyn and Russian восто́к (vostók).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvɔstɔk]
  • Rhymes: -ɔstɔk
  • Hyphenation: вос‧ток

Noun

восток (vostokm inan (related adjective восточни)

  1. east
    Antonym: заход (zaxod)
  2. the Orient
    Synonym: ориєнт (orijent)

Declension

Declension of восток
singular plural
nominative восток (vostok) востоки (vostoki)
genitive востока (vostoka) востокох (vostokox)
dative востоку (vostoku) востоком (vostokom)
accusative восток (vostok) востоки (vostoki)
instrumental востоком (vostokom) востоками (vostokami)
locative востоку (vostoku) востокох (vostokox)
vocative востоку (vostoku) востоки (vostoki)

Coordinate terms

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сиверозаход (siverozaxod) сивер (siver) сиверовосток (siverovostok)
заход (zaxod) восток (vostok)
югозаход (juhozaxod) юг (juh) юговосток (juhovostok)

Derived terms

proper nouns
  • Далєки Восток m inan (Daljeki Vostok)

Further reading

Russian

Alternative forms

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 • (vostókm inan (genitive восто́ка, uncountable)

  1. east
    Synonym: (nautical) ост (ost)
    Antonym: за́пад (západ)

Declension

Coordinate terms

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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

References

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