повесть
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Kazakh
| Alternative scripts | |
|---|---|
| Arabic | پوۆەست |
| Cyrillic | повесть |
| Latin | povest |
| Yañalif | povestь |
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian по́весть (póvestʹ).
Noun
повесть • (povest)
Synonyms
- хикаят (xikaät)
Russian
Alternative forms
- по́вѣсть (póvěstʹ) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic повѣсть (pověstĭ), from Proto-Slavic *pověstь, from *povĕdtь. Related to пове́дать (povédatʹ).
Pronunciation
Noun
по́весть • (póvestʹ) f inan (genitive по́вести, nominative plural по́вести, genitive plural повесте́й)
Declension
Declension of по́весть (inan fem-form 3rd-decl accent-e)
Related terms
- весть (vestʹ), повествова́ние (povestvovánije), повесту́шка (povestúška)
- повествова́тельный (povestvovátelʹnyj), пове́стка (povéstka)
- оповести́ть (opovestítʹ), повествова́ть (povestvovátʹ)