окрест

Russian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic окрьстъ (okrĭstŭ), from о- (o-) +‎ крест (krest), cognate with Old Church Slavonic окрьсть (okrĭstĭ), Bulgarian о́кръст (ókrǎst), Polabian vuokárst (“circle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐˈkrʲest]

Adverb

окре́ст • (okrést)

1. around, nearby, in the neighborhood

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:окрест.

Preposition

окре́ст • (okrést)

1. around, near

Synonyms

• вокру́г (vokrúg), ря́дом (rjádom), кругом (krugom), о́коло (ókolo)