восток

See also: Восток

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic въстокъ (vŭstokŭ), a calque of Ancient Greek ἀνατολή (anatolḗ). Cognates include Carpathian Rusyn and Russian восто́к (vostók).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɔstɔk]
• Rhymes: -ɔstɔk
• Hyphenation: вос‧ток

Noun

восток (vostok) m inan (related adjective восточни)

1. east

   Antonym: заход (zaxod)

2. the Orient

   Synonym: ориєнт (orijent)

Declension

Declension of восток

	singular	plural
nominative	восток vostok	востоки vostoki
genitive	востока vostoka	востокох vostokox
dative	востоку vostoku	востоком vostokom
accusative	восток vostok	востоки vostoki
instrumental	востоком vostokom	востоками vostokami
locative	востоку vostoku	востокох vostokox
vocative	востоку vostoku	востоки vostoki

Coordinate terms

• (compass points)

сиверозаход (siverozaxod)	сивер (siver)	сиверовосток (siverovostok)
заход (zaxod)		восток (vostok)
югозаход (juhozaxod)	юг (juh)	юговосток (juhovostok)

Derived terms

proper nouns

• Далєки Восток m inan (Daljeki Vostok)

 

Further reading

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “восток”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “east”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 96

Russian

Alternative forms

• восто́къ (vostók) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic въстокъ (vŭstokŭ, “rising, east”), displacing the native East Slavic form всток (vstok) (preserved in some dialects); the Old Church Slavonic term is a calque of Ancient Greek ἀνατολή (anatolḗ, “rising, east”). Related to встать (vstatʹ).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [vɐˈstok]

Noun

восто́к • (vostók) m inan (genitive восто́ка, uncountable)

1. east

   Synonym: (nautical) ост (ost)

   Antonym: за́пад (západ)

Declension

Declension of восто́к (inan sg-only masc-form velar-stem accent-a) 

	singular
nominative	восто́к vostók
genitive	восто́ка vostóka
dative	восто́ку vostóku
accusative	восто́к vostók
instrumental	восто́ком vostókom
prepositional	восто́ке vostóke

Coordinate terms

• (compass points)

се́веро-за́пад (sévero-západ) норд-ве́ст (nord-vést)	се́вер (séver) норд (nord)	се́веро-восто́к (sévero-vostók) норд-о́ст (nord-óst)
за́пад (západ) вест (vest)		восто́к (vostók) ост (ost)
ю́го-за́пад (júgo-západ) зюйд-ве́ст (zjujd-vést)	юг (jug) зюйд (zjujd)	ю́го-восто́к (júgo-vostók) зюйд-о́ст (zjujd-óst)

Derived terms

• Восто́к (Vostók, “the East, the Orient”)
• восто́чный (vostóčnyj)

References

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