восток

See also: Восток

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic въстокъ (vŭstokŭ, “rising, east”), a calque of Ancient Greek ἀνατολή (anatolḗ, “rising, east”). Related to встать (vstatʹ).

Pronunciation
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  • IPA(key): [vɐˈstok]

Noun

восто́к • (vostók) m inan (genitive восто́ка, uncountable)

  1. east

Declension
Declension of восто́к (inan sg-only masc-form velar-stem accent-a) 
singular
nominative восто́к
vostók
genitive восто́ка
vostóka
dative восто́ку
vostóku
accusative восто́к
vostók
instrumental восто́ком
vostókom
prepositional восто́ке
vostóke

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References
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “восток”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv O. N., Moscow: Progress
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