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Russian
Etymology
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
Noun
месть • (mestʹ) f inan (genitive ме́сти, nominative plural ме́сти, genitive plural ме́стей)
- revenge, vengeance
- vendetta
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