шесток

Russian

Шесток и заслонка горнила

Etymology

шест (šest, “pole”) +‎ -о́к (-ók). Dal mentions a hearth with a raised cover on supports (“poles”), providing one possible connection between the “pole” and “hearth” senses.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʂɨˈstok]

Noun

шесто́к • (šestók) m inan (genitive шестка́, nominative plural шестки́, genitive plural шестко́в)

1. diminutive of шест (šest); a small pole, staff, stick
2. roost, perch (a horizontal pole for chickens to perch on)
3. the raised and often covered hearth platform in front of the firebox of a traditional Russian stove
4. (obsolete, dialectal) covered hearth (in general)

Declension

Declension of шесто́к (inan masc-form velar-stem accent-b reduc) 

	singular	plural
nominative	шесто́к šestók	шестки́ šestkí
genitive	шестка́ šestká	шестко́в šestkóv
dative	шестку́ šestkú	шестка́м šestkám
accusative	шесто́к šestók	шестки́ šestkí
instrumental	шестко́м šestkóm	шестка́ми šestkámi
prepositional	шестке́ šestké	шестка́х šestkáx

Derived terms

• подшёсток (podšóstok)

Descendants

• → Southern Yukaghir: шөшток (šøštok)

References

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “шест”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.