пост

• IPA^(key): [pɔst]

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic постъ (postŭ), from Proto-Slavic *postъ. Non-Slavic cognates include Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽 (fastan), Old High German fasten and English fast (in this sense). ^[1]

пост • (post) m

1. fast (religious (usually Christian) abstinence from meat and other animal products)
2. (usually in the plural) a day or time of the year when a fast is observed

Probably borrowed from French poste. Alternatively from Ottoman Turkish پوست (post, “position, office”) or Romanian post (“post, position, job”). First attested in 1849.^[2]

пост • (post) m

1. post, position, office (appointed position in an organization; job)

   Synonym: длъ́жност (dlǎ́žnost)

Borrowed from French poste, Russian пост (post) or German Posten, all from Italian posto (“place, position; post, job”), from Latin positus (“located, placed”).^[3]

пост • (post) m (relational adjective постови́)

1. post, guard post (location or building where military guards are posted)

   кома́нден по́ст ― kománden póst ― command post

2. armed guard, or a group of armed guards
3. (with на) post (fulfillment of an armed guard's professional duties)

   на по́ст ― na póst ― at [one's] post

Borrowed from English post, from Middle French poste, from Italian posta (“mail; post office”). Doublet of по́ща (póšta).

пост • (post) m (diminutive по́стче)

1. post (message posted in an electronic or Internet forum, on a blog, etc.)

   Synonyms: по́стинг (pósting), публика́ция (publikácija), мне́ние (mnénie)

• “пост”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “пост”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

• IPA^(key): [pɔst]
• Hyphenation: пост

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *postъ.

пост • (post) m (plural пости, relational adjective посен)

1. fast (religious abstinence)

• (verb): пости impf (posti)
• (nouns): испосник m (isposnik), испосница f (isposnica)/испосничка f (isposnička)
• (adjective, adverb): испоснички (isposnički)

Borrowed from English post.

пост • (post) m (plural постови)

1. (colloquial, slang) online post

• постира (postira)

• IPA^(key): [post]

Old Russian and pre-Reform постъ (post), as it were Proto-Slavic *postъ, a loan from Old High German fasta (“fast”) (8th century, a feminine noun from the root of Proto-Germanic *fastāną), presumably first in this sense in Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽 (fastan), gloss of νηστεία (nēsteía).

пост • (post) m inan (genitive поста́, nominative plural посты́, genitive plural посто́в)

1. fast (period of restricted eating)

   великий пост ― velikij post ― Great Lent (lit. great fast)

• пости́ться (postítʹsja)
• по́стный (póstnyj)

From the French poste, ca. 1700.

пост • (post) m inan (genitive поста́, nominative plural посты́, genitive plural посто́в, relational adjective постово́й)

1. post, office, appointment, position, job
2. picket, outpost, guard post, station

Borrowed from English post.

пост • (post) m inan (genitive поста́ or по́ста, nominative plural посты́ or по́сты, genitive plural посто́в or по́стов)

1. (slang) post, message (online forums)

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

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *postъ.

• IPA^(key): /pôːst/

по̑ст m inan (Latin spelling pȏst)

1. fast, fasting

• “пост”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

• IPA^(key): /pôst/

по̏ст m inan or m anim (Latin spelling pȍst)

1. (inanimate) pole, pillar
2. (basketball, animate) center, pivot
3. (Internet, inanimate) post (on a forum, etc.)

• “пост”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

• IPA^(key): [pɔst]
• Hyphenation: пост

Borrowed from French poste.

пост • (post) m inan (genitive поста́, nominative plural пости́, genitive plural пості́в, relational adjective постови́й)

1. post (a place for monitoring someone or something)

Borrowed from English post.

пост • (post) m inan (genitive поста́ or по́сту, nominative plural пости́ or по́сти, genitive plural пості́в or по́стів)

1. (slang) post (online message or publication)

   Synonym: до́пис (dópys)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “пост”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “пост”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “пост”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)
• “пост”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)