исток

See also: Исток

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈistɔk]

• Audio:

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Noun

исток • (istok) m (relational adjective источен)

1. east

Declension

Declension of исток

	singular
indefinite	исток
definite unspecified	истокот
definite proximal	истоков
definite distal	истокон
vocative	истоку

Coordinate terms

• (compass points)

северозапад (severozapad)	север (sever)	североисток (severoistok)
запад (zapad)		исток (istok)
југозапад (jugozapad)	југ (jug)	југоисток (jugoistok)

Russian

Etymology

Deverbal from исте́чь (istéčʹ) (compare stem истек- (istek-)), with Indo-European o-vocalization characteristic of deverbal nouns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɪˈstok]

• Audio:

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Noun

исто́к • (istók) m inan (genitive исто́ка, nominative plural исто́ки, genitive plural исто́ков)

1. source (of a river)
2. (usually in the plural) origins

Declension

Declension of исто́к (inan masc-form velar-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	исто́к istók	исто́ки istóki
genitive	исто́ка istóka	исто́ков istókov
dative	исто́ку istóku	исто́кам istókam
accusative	исто́к istók	исто́ки istóki
instrumental	исто́ком istókom	исто́ками istókami
prepositional	исто́ке istóke	исто́ках istókax

Related terms

• исто́чник m (istóčnik)
• исте́чь pf (istéčʹ)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jьztokъ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǐstok/
• Hyphenation: и‧сток

Noun

ѝсток m (Latin spelling ìstok)

1. east

   Antonym: за̑пад

Declension

Declension of исток

	singular
nominative	исток
genitive	истока
dative	истоку
accusative	исток
vocative	источе
locative	истоку
instrumental	истоком

Further reading

• “исток” in Hrvatski jezični portal