исток

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Macedonian

Pronunciation

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Noun

исток (istokm (relational adjective источен)

  1. east

Declension

Coordinate terms

  • (compass points)
северозапад (severozapad) север (sever) североисток (severoistok)
запад (zapad) исток (istok)
југозапад (jugozapad) југ (jug) југоисток (jugoistok)

Russian

Etymology

Deverbal from исте́чь (istéčʹ) (compare stem истек- (istek-)), with Indo-European o-vocalization characteristic of deverbal nouns.

Pronunciation

Noun

исто́к (istókm inan (genitive исто́ка, nominative plural исто́ки, genitive plural исто́ков)

  1. source (of a river)
  2. (usually in the plural) origins

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jьztokъ

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ǐstok/
  • Hyphenation: и‧сток

Noun

ѝсток m (Latin spelling ìstok)

  1. east
    Antonym: за̑пад

Declension

Further reading

  • исток”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024