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Macedonian
Pronunciation
Noun
исток • (istok) m (relational adjective источен)
- east
Declension
Coordinate terms
Russian
Etymology
Deverbal from исте́чь (istéčʹ) (compare stem истек- (istek-)), with Indo-European o-vocalization characteristic of deverbal nouns.
Pronunciation
Noun
исто́к • (istók) m inan (genitive исто́ка, nominative plural исто́ки, genitive plural исто́ков)
- source (of a river)
- (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)
- east
- Antonym: за̑пад
Declension
Further reading
- “исток”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024