пост

See also: пост- and Appendix:Variations of "post"

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɔst]

Etymology 1

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).

Noun

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

Declension

Declension of пост

	singular	plural
indefinite	пост post	по́сти pósti
definite (subject form)	по́стът póstǎt	по́стите póstite
definite (object form)	по́ста pósta
count form	—	по́ста pósta

Derived terms

adjectives

• по́стен (pósten)

verbs

• по́стя impf or pf (póstja)

Etymology 2

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

Noun

пост • (post) m

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

   Synonym: длъ́жност (dlǎ́žnost)

Declension

Declension of пост

	singular	plural
indefinite	пост post	по́стове póstove
definite (subject form)	по́стът póstǎt	по́стовете póstovete
definite (object form)	по́ста pósta
count form	—	по́ста pósta

Etymology 3

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

Noun

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

Declension

Declension of пост

	singular	plural
indefinite	пост post	по́стове póstove
definite (subject form)	по́стът póstǎt	по́стовете póstovete
definite (object form)	по́ста pósta
count form	—	по́ста pósta

Etymology 4

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

Noun

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)

Declension

Declension of пост

	singular	plural
indefinite	пост post	по́стове póstove
definite (subject form)	по́стът póstǎt	по́стовете póstovete
definite (object form)	по́ста pósta
count form	—	по́ста pósta

Derived terms

verbs

• по́стна pf (póstna), по́ствам impf (póstvam)

References

• “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

Macedonian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *postъ.

Noun

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

1. fast (religious abstinence)

Declension

Declension of пост

	singular	plural
indefinite	пост (post)	пости (posti)
definite unspecified	постот (postot)	постите (postite)
definite proximal	постов (postov)	постиве (postive)
definite distal	постон (poston)	постине (postine)
vocative	посту (postu)	пости (posti)
count form	—	поста (posta)

Related terms

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

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English post.

Noun

пост • (post) m (plural постови)

1. (colloquial, slang) online post

Declension

Declension of пост

	singular	plural
indefinite	пост (post)	постови (postovi)
definite unspecified	постот (postot)	постовите (postovite)
definite proximal	постов (postov)	постовиве (postovive)
definite distal	постон (poston)	постовине (postovine)
vocative	посту (postu)	постови (postovi)
count form	—	поста (posta)

Derived terms

• постира (postira)

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [post]

Etymology 1

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).

Noun

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)

Declension

Declension of пост (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-b) 

	singular	plural
nominative	по́ст póst	посты́ postý
genitive	поста́ postá	посто́в postóv
dative	посту́ postú	поста́м postám
accusative	по́ст póst	посты́ postý
instrumental	посто́м postóm	поста́ми postámi
prepositional	посте́ posté	поста́х postáx
locative	в посту́, в посте́ v postú, v posté

Related terms

• пости́ться (postítʹsja)
• по́стный (póstnyj)

Etymology 2

пост

From the French poste, ca. 1700.

Noun

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

Declension

Declension of пост (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-b) 

	singular	plural
nominative	по́ст póst	посты́ postý
genitive	поста́ postá	посто́в postóv
dative	посту́ postú	поста́м postám
accusative	по́ст póst	посты́ postý
instrumental	посто́м postóm	поста́ми postámi
prepositional	посте́ posté	поста́х postáx
locative	на посту́ na postú

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English post.

Noun

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

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

Declension

Declension of пост (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-b/a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	по́ст póst	посты́, по́сты postý, pósty
genitive	поста́, по́ста postá, pósta	посто́в, по́стов postóv, póstov
dative	посту́, по́сту postú, póstu	поста́м, по́стам postám, póstam
accusative	по́ст póst	посты́, по́сты postý, pósty
instrumental	посто́м, по́стом postóm, póstom	поста́ми, по́стами postámi, póstami
prepositional	посте́, по́сте posté, póste	поста́х, по́стах postáx, póstax

References

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *postъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pôːst/

Noun

по̑ст m (Latin spelling pȏst)

1. fast, fasting

Declension

Declension of пост

	singular	plural
nominative	по̑ст	по̀стови
genitive	по̏ста	постова
dative	посту	постовима
accusative	пост	постове
vocative	посте	постови
locative	посту	постовима
instrumental	постом	постовима

Derived terms

nouns

• по̏снӣк

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pôst/

Noun

по̏ст m (Latin spelling pȍst)

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Further reading

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

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French poste.

Noun

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

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

Declension

Declension of пост
(inan hard masc-form accent-b)

	singular	plural
nominative	пост post	пости́ postý
genitive	поста́ postá	пості́в postív
dative	посто́ві, посту́ postóvi, postú	поста́м postám
accusative	пост post	пости́ postý
instrumental	посто́м postóm	поста́ми postámy
locative	посту́ postú	поста́х postáx
vocative	по́сте póste	пости́ postý

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English post.

Noun

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)

Declension

Declension of пост
(inan hard masc-form accent-b/a)

	singular	plural
nominative	пост post	пости́, по́сти postý, pósty
genitive	поста́, по́сту postá, póstu	пості́в, по́стів postív, póstiv
dative	посто́ві, посту́, по́стові, по́сту postóvi, postú, póstovi, póstu	поста́м, по́стам postám, póstam
accusative	пост post	пости́, по́сти postý, pósty
instrumental	посто́м, по́стом postóm, póstom	поста́ми, по́стами postámy, póstamy
locative	посту́, пості́, по́сту, по́сті postú, postí, póstu, pósti	поста́х, по́стах postáx, póstax
vocative	по́сте póste	пости́, по́сти postý, pósty

Further reading

• 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)