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Russian
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Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic крьстъ (krĭstŭ), from Proto-Slavic *krьstъ. Doublet of крёст (krjost), the inherited East Slavic form.
Pronunciation
Noun
крест • (krest) m inan or m anim or f anim (genitive креста́, nominative plural кресты́, genitive plural кресто́в, relational adjective крестово́й or кресто́вый or крёстный or кре́стный, diminutive кре́стик)
- cross
- крест-на́крест ― krest-nákrest ― crosswise
- вот те крест ― vot te krest ― cross my heart
- (criminal slang, animate) thief
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References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “крест”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “крест”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 442