окрест

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic окрьстъ (okrĭstŭ). By surface analysis, о- (o-) +‎ кре́ст (krést). Compare Bulgarian о́кръст (ókrǎst), Polabian vuokárst (“circle”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɐˈkrʲest]

Adverb

окре́ст • (okrést)

  1. (archaic) around, nearby, in the neighborhood

Quotations

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

Preposition

окре́ст • (okrést)

  1. (archaic) around, near
    Synonyms: вокру́г (vokrúg), ря́дом (rjádom), кругом (krugom), о́коло (ókolo)

Derived terms

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