погост

Russian

Alternative forms

пого́стъ (pogóst) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic погостъ (pogostŭ).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [pɐˈɡost]

Noun

пого́ст • (pogóst) m inan (genitive пого́ста, nominative plural пого́сты, genitive plural пого́стов, relational adjective пого́стный)

rural cemetery
(dated) village church located away from the settlement, with a graveyard, its own land and a house for the clergy
(historical, 10th century AD) coaching inn for princes and important church officials
(historical) pogost, former administrative-territorial unit in Russia, up through the 18th century, consisting of several villages
(historical) pogost, a large village in the center of such an administrative-territorial unit

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	пого́ст pogóst	пого́сты pogósty
genitive	пого́ста pogósta	пого́стов pogóstov
dative	пого́сту pogóstu	пого́стам pogóstam
accusative	пого́ст pogóst	пого́сты pogósty
instrumental	пого́стом pogóstom	пого́стами pogóstami
prepositional	пого́сте pogóste	пого́стах pogóstax

Descendants

→ Finnish: pokosta (dialectal)

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