место

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Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *město.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • (file)

Noun

место (meston (plural места, relational adjective местен, diminutive местенце)

  1. place, site
  2. space (free space)
  3. job, position

Declension

Preposition

место (mesto)

  1. instead of

Synonyms

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Russian мѣсто n inan (město), from Old East Slavic мѣсто n (město), from Proto-Slavic *mě̀sto n.

Pronunciation

Noun

ме́сто (méston inan (genitive ме́ста, nominative plural места́, genitive plural мест, diminutive месте́чко)

  1. place
    глухо́е ме́стоgluxóje méstobackwoods
    заде́ть больно́е ме́стоzadétʹ bolʹnóje méstocut to the quick
    знать своё ме́стоznatʹ svojó méstoto know one’s place
    име́ть ме́стоimétʹ méstoto take place, to happen; to exist
    меня́ться места́миmenjátʹsja mestámiswitch places
    на ва́шем ме́стеna vášem mésteif I were you
    на ме́стеna mésteon the spot
    на места́хna mestáxat the local level; in the provinces
    о́бщее ме́стоóbščeje méstobanality, platitude
    отхо́жее ме́стоotxóžeje méstoouthouse
    поса́дочное ме́стоposádočnoje méstoseat, seating place
    прису́тственное ме́стоprisútstvennoje méstopublic office (in the Russian Empire)
    сла́бое ме́стоsláboje méstoweak spot
    тёплое ме́стоtjóploje méstogravy train, soft job
  2. (pl) region, area
    Synonym: край (kraj)
    Вы быва́ли когда́-либо в э́тих места́х?
    Vy byváli kogdá-libo v étix mestáx?
    Have you ever been in these parts?
  3. site, scene
    ме́сто би́твыmésto bítvybattle site
  4. job, position
    Я на э́том ме́сте прорабо́тал два́дцать лет.
    Ja na étom méste prorabótal dvádcatʹ let.
    I’ve been at this job for twenty years.
  5. piece (of luggage)
    Ско́лько у Вас мест?
    Skólʹko u Vas mest?
    How many pieces of luggage do you have?
  6. room, space
    На ещё оди́н сувени́р в чемода́не про́сто не хвати́ло места.
    Na ješčó odín suvenír v čemodáne prósto ne xvatílo mesta.
    There was simply no room for another souvenir in the suitcase.
  7. seat on an airplane
    Я думаю, что все места́ в самолёте будут за́няты.
    Ja dumaju, što vse mestá v samoljóte budut zánjaty.
    I think that all the seats on the plane will be taken.

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Ingrian: meesta
  • Yakut: миэстэ (mieste)

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *město.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mêsto/
  • Hyphenation: ме‧сто

Noun

ме̏сто n (Latin spelling mȅsto)

  1. place (location, position)
  2. space
  3. a settlement (usually between a village and a town in size)

Declension

Derived terms

Preposition

ме̏сто (Latin spelling mȅsto) (+ genitive case)

  1. instead of
    Synonym: у̀место

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