весть
Russian edit
Alternative forms edit
- вѣсть (věstʹ) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *věstь.
Noun edit
весть • (vestʹ) f inan (genitive ве́сти, nominative plural ве́сти, genitive plural весте́й, diminutive ве́сточка)
- news, piece of news, message; tidings
- (in the plural) news (presentation of news, e.g. on television)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
- весточка (vestočka)
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
Third-person singular present of Old Church Slavonic вѣдѣти (věděti, “to know”).
Verb edit
весть • (vestʹ)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “весть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress