весть

Russian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *věstь.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [vʲesʲtʲ]
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Noun

весть • (vestʹ) f inan (genitive ве́сти, nominative plural ве́сти, genitive plural весте́й)

news, piece of news, message; tidings
Ма́рко отовсю́ду несёт ему́ весте́й ― Márko otovsjúdu nesjót jemú vestéj ― Marco brings him news from everywhere
(in the plural) news (presentation of news, e.g. on television)

Declension

Declension of весть (inan fem-form 3rd-decl accent-e)

	singular	plural
nominative	ве́сть véstʹ	ве́сти vésti
genitive	ве́сти vésti	весте́й vestéj
dative	ве́сти vésti	вестя́м vestjám
accusative	ве́сть véstʹ	ве́сти vésti
instrumental	ве́стью véstʹju	вестя́ми vestjámi
prepositional	ве́сти vésti	вестя́х vestjáx

References

Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “весть”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress

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