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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic мьсть (mĭstĭ), from Proto-Slavic *mьstь, related to the verb *mьstiti (to avenge).

Cognate with Ukrainian месть (mestʹ), Old Church Slavonic мьсть (mĭstĭ), Bulgarian мъст (mǎst), Czech msta, pomsta, Slovak pomsta, Polish pomsta, zemsta. See Proto-Slavic *mьstiti for more information.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [mʲesʲtʲ]
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Noun

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месть (mestʹf inan (genitive ме́сти, nominative plural ме́сти, genitive plural ме́стей)

  1. revenge, vengeance
  2. vendetta

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