крёст

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *krьstъ. Compare крест (krest), a Church Slavic borrowing.

Noun

крёст • (krjost) m inan (genitive креста́, nominative plural кресты́, genitive plural кресто́в)

1. (dialectal) cross, crossroad

Derived terms

• крёстный (krjóstnyj)

References

• Филин, Ф. П., editor (1979), “крест (крёст)”, in Slovarʹ russkix narodnyx govorov [Dictionary of Russian Dialects] (in Russian), volume 15, Leningrad: Nauka, Leningrad branch, page 225
• Филин, Ф. П., editor (1979), “крёст”, in Slovarʹ russkix narodnyx govorov [Dictionary of Russian Dialects] (in Russian), volume 15, Leningrad: Nauka, Leningrad branch, page 226