вест

Bulgarian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *weyd-

Proto-Indo-European *wóyde

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *wéyd-ti-s

Proto-Balto-Slavic *waiˀstis

Proto-Slavic *věstь

Bulgarian вест

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *věstь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vɛst]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛst

Noun

вест • (vest) f

1. (literary) embassage, message
2. (in the plural) news, report

Declension

Declension of вест

	singular	plural
indefinite	вест vest	ве́сти vésti
definite	вестта́ vesttá	ве́стите véstite

Synonyms

• но́вост (nóvost)
• съобще́ние (săobšténie)
• новина́ (noviná)

References

• “вест”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “вест”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Further reading

• вест on the Bulgarian Wiktionary.Wiktionary ^bg

Anagrams

• свет (svet)

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *věstь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vɛst]
• Hyphenation: вест

Noun

вест • (vest) f (plural вести)

1. news (a single information)

   Synonym: новост f (novost)

Declension

Declension of вест

	singular	plural
indefinite	вест (vest)	вести (vesti)
definite unspecified	веста (vesta)	вестите (vestite)
definite proximal	—	вестиве (vestive)
definite distal	—	вестине (vestine)
vocative	вест (vest)	вести (vesti)

Related terms

• извести pf (izvesti)
• известие n (izvestie)
• известува impf (izvestuva)
• известувач m (izvestuvač)
• известувачка f (izvestuvačka)
• навести pf (navesti)
• навестува impf (navestuva)
• предвести pf (predvesti)
• предвестува impf (predvestuva)

Russian

Alternative forms

• вестъ (vest) — pre-1918 spelling

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch west (“west”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vʲest]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

вест • (vest) m inan (genitive ве́ста, nominative plural ве́сты, genitive plural ве́стов)

1. (nautical) west

   Synonym: (general term) за́пад (západ)

2. (nautical) wester (west wind)

   Synonym: (general term) за́падный ве́тер (západnyj véter)

Declension

Declension of вест (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ве́ст vést	ве́сты vésty
genitive	ве́ста vésta	ве́стов véstov
dative	ве́сту véstu	ве́стам véstam
accusative	ве́ст vést	ве́сты vésty
instrumental	ве́стом véstom	ве́стами véstami
prepositional	ве́сте véste	ве́стах véstax

Coordinate terms

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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)

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• вије̑ст (Ijekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *věstь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *waid-, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, know, perceive”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋêːst/
• Hyphenation: vest

Noun

ве̑ст f (Latin spelling vȇst)

1. report, news

   Да ли си му казала вести? ― Did you tell him the news?

Declension

Declension of вест

	singular	plural
nominative	ве̑ст	вести
genitive	вести	ве́стӣ
dative	вести	вести
accusative	вест	вести
vocative	вести	вести
locative	вести	вестима
instrumental	вешћу / вести	вестима

Derived terms

• по̏ве̄ст

References

• “вест”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026