пест

Russian

Alternative forms

• пестъ (pest), пѣстъ (pěst) — Pre-reform orthography (1918) (mostly the former)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pěstъ, from Proto-Indo-European *peys-, whence English pestle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pʲest]

Noun

пест • (pest) m inan (genitive песта́, nominative plural песты́, genitive plural песто́в)

1. pestle

   Synonym: толка́ч (tolkáč)

Declension

Declension of пест (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-b) 

	singular	plural
nominative	пе́ст pést	песты́ pestý
genitive	песта́ pestá	песто́в pestóv
dative	песту́ pestú	песта́м pestám
accusative	пе́ст pést	песты́ pestý
instrumental	песто́м pestóm	песта́ми pestámi
prepositional	песте́ pesté	песта́х pestáx

Related terms

• пе́стик (péstik)

See also

• сту́па (stúpa)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pęstь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pêːst/

Noun

пе̑ст f (Latin spelling pȇst)

1. (regional, literary) fist

Declension

Declension of пест

	singular	plural
nominative	пе̑ст	пести
genitive	пести	пе́стӣ
dative	пести	пестима
accusative	пест	пести
vocative	пести	пести
locative	пести	пестима
instrumental	пести/пешћу	пестима