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Macedonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *město.
Pronunciation
Noun
место • (mesto) n (plural места, relational adjective местен, diminutive местенце)
- place, site
- space (free space)
- job, position
Declension
Preposition
место • (mesto)
- 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 • (mésto) n inan (genitive ме́ста, nominative plural места́, genitive plural мест, diminutive месте́чко)
- place
- глухо́е ме́сто ― gluxóje mésto ― backwoods
- заде́ть больно́е ме́сто ― zadétʹ bolʹnóje mésto ― cut to the quick
- знать своё ме́сто ― znatʹ svojó mésto ― to know one’s place
- име́ть ме́сто ― imétʹ mésto ― to take place, to happen; to exist
- меня́ться места́ми ― menjátʹsja mestámi ― switch places
- на ва́шем ме́сте ― na vášem méste ― if I were you
- на ме́сте ― na méste ― on the spot
- на места́х ― na mestáx ― at the local level; in the provinces
- о́бщее ме́сто ― óbščeje mésto ― banality, platitude
- отхо́жее ме́сто ― otxóžeje mésto ― outhouse
- поса́дочное ме́сто ― posádočnoje mésto ― seat, seating place
- прису́тственное ме́сто ― prisútstvennoje mésto ― public office (in the Russian Empire)
- сла́бое ме́сто ― sláboje mésto ― weak spot
- тёплое ме́сто ― tjóploje mésto ― gravy train, soft job
- (pl) region, area
- Synonym: край (kraj)
- site, scene
- ме́сто би́твы ― mésto bítvy ― battle site
- job, position
- piece (of luggage)
Ско́лько у Вас мест?- Skólʹko u Vas mest?
- How many pieces of luggage do you have?
- room, space
- seat on an airplane
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *město.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mêsto/
- Hyphenation: ме‧сто
Noun
ме̏сто n (Latin spelling mȅsto)
- place (location, position)
- space
- a settlement (usually between a village and a town in size)
Declension
Derived terms
Preposition
ме̏сто (Latin spelling mȅsto) (+ genitive case)
- instead of
- Synonym: у̀место
Quotations