пост

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic постъ (postŭ), from Proto-Slavic *postъ. Non-Slavic cognates include Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽 (fastan), Old High German fasten and English fast (in this sense).

Noun

пост • (post) m

1. fast (religious (usually Christian) abstinence from meat and other animal products)
2. (usually in the plural) a day or time of the year when a fast is observed

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Probably borrowed from French poste. Alternatively from Ottoman Turkish پوست (post, “position, office”) or Romanian post (“post, position, job”). First attested in 1849.

Noun

пост • (post) m

1. post, position, office (appointed position in an organization; job)

   Synonym: длъ́жност (dlǎ́žnost)

Declension

Etymology 3

Borrowed from French poste, Russian пост (post) or German Posten, all from Italian posto (“place, position; post, job”), from Latin positus (“located, placed”).

Noun

пост • (post) m (relational adjective постови́)

1. post, guard post (location or building where military guards are posted)

   кома́нден по́ст ― kománden póst ― command post

2. armed guard, or a group of armed guards
3. (with на) post (fulfillment of an armed guard's professional duties)

   на по́ст ― na póst ― at post

Declension

Etymology 4

Borrowed from English post, from Middle French poste, from Italian posta (“mail; post office”). Doublet of по́ща (póšta).

Noun

пост • (post) m (diminutive по́стче)

1. post (message posted in an electronic or Internet forum, on a blog, etc.)

   Synonyms: по́стинг (pósting), публика́ция (publikácija), мне́ние (mnénie)

Declension

Derived terms

References

• “пост”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “пост”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: пост

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *postъ.

Noun

пост • (post) m (plural пости, relational adjective посен)

1. fast (religious abstinence)

Declension

Related terms

• (verb): пости impf (posti)
• (nouns): испосник m (isposnik), испосница f (isposnica)/испосничка f (isposnička)
• (adjective, adverb): испоснички (isposnički)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English post.

Noun

пост • (post) m (plural постови)

1. (colloquial, slang) online post

Declension

Derived terms

• постира (postira)

Russian

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Old Russian and pre-Reform постъ (post), as it were Proto-Slavic *postъ, a loan from Old High German fasta (“fast”) (8th century, a feminine noun from the root of Proto-Germanic *fastāną), presumably first in this sense in Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽 (fastan), gloss of νηστεία (nēsteía).

Noun

пост • (post) m inan (genitive поста́, nominative plural посты́, genitive plural посто́в)

1. fast (period of restricted eating)

   великий пост ― velikij post ― Great Lent (lit. great fast)

Declension

Related terms

• пости́ться (postítʹsja)
• по́стный (póstnyj)

Etymology 2

From the French poste, ca. 1700.

Noun

пост • (post) m inan (genitive поста́, nominative plural посты́, genitive plural посто́в, relational adjective постово́й)

1. post, office, appointment, position, job
2. picket, outpost, guard post, station

Declension

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English post.

Noun

пост • (post) m inan (genitive поста́ or по́ста, nominative plural посты́ or по́сты, genitive plural посто́в or по́стов)

1. (slang) post, message (online forums)

Declension

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пост”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *postъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pôːst/

Noun

по̑ст m (Latin spelling pȏst)

1. fast, fasting

Declension

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: пост

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French poste.

Noun

пост • (post) m inan (genitive поста́, nominative plural пости́, genitive plural пості́в, relational adjective постови́й)

1. post (a place for monitoring someone or something)

Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English post.

Noun

пост • (post) m inan (genitive по́сту, nominative plural по́сти, genitive plural по́стів)

1. (slang) post (online message or publication)

Declension

Synonyms

• до́пис m (dópys)

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “пост”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “пост”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “пост”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)
• “пост”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)