povest

See also: pověst

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian повесть (povestʹ).

Noun

povest

1. story, tale

Declension

Declension of povest

	singular	plural
nominative	povest	povestler
genitive	povestniñ	povestlerniñ
dative	povestke	povestlerge
accusative	povestni	povestlerni
locative	povestte	povestlerde
ablative	povestten	povestlerden

References

• “povest”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• pȍvijēst (Ijekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pověstь, from *povĕdtь. By surface analysis, po- +‎ vest.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pôʋeːst/
• Hyphenation: po‧vest

Noun

pȍvēst f (Cyrillic spelling по̏ве̄ст)

1. (regional, Croatia) history

Declension

Declension of povest

	singular	plural
nominative	pȍvēst	povesti
genitive	povesti	povesti
dative	povesti	povestima
accusative	povest	povesti
vocative	povesti	povesti
locative	povesti	povestima
instrumental	pȍvēsti / pȍvēšću	povestima

Derived terms

• pȍvēsnī
• pȍvesnica
• pȍvesničār
• pȍvesničkī
• pȍvesnīk
• pràpovēst
• prètpovēst
• pripovédati

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pověstь, from *povĕdtь. By surface analysis, po- +‎ vest.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔʋɛ̀ːst/

Noun

povést f

1. novella
2. short story
3. (archaic) history

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nominative	povésta
genitive	povéste
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	povésta
genitive (rodȋlnik)	povéste
dative (dajȃlnik)	povésti
accusative (tožȋlnik)	povésto
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	povésti
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	povésto

Synonyms

• povédka
• pripovédka
• pripovést
• zgódba

Related terms

• zgodovina

References

• “povest”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025
• “povest” in Slovar slovenskega knjižnega jezika, 1970-1991, Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša: Ljubljana