крёст
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *krьstъ. Compare крест (krest), a Church Slavic borrowing.
Noun
крёст • (krjost) m inan (genitive креста́, nominative plural кресты́, genitive plural кресто́в)
- (dialectal) cross, crossroad
Derived terms
- крёстный (krjóstnyj)
References
- “крёст”, in Slovarʹ russkix narodnyx govorov [Dictionary of Russian Dialects] (in Russian), volume 15, Moscow, Saint Petersburg: Nauka, 1979, pages 225-226