весть

Russian

Etymology

Deverbative of ве́дать (védatʹ, “to know”), from Proto-Slavic *věděti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [vʲesʲtʲ]
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Noun

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

  1. news, piece of news, message; tidings
    Ма́рко отовсю́ду несёт ему́ весте́й ― Márko otovsjúdu nesjót jemú vestéj ― Marco brings him news from everywhere
  2. (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, Max (1964–1973), “весть”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačev O. N., Moscow: Progress
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