póst
/ˈpʊst/ · noun
Meaning
- fasting (deprivation or reduction of food, voluntarily or by imposition, for a certain period of time)
- Lent (in the Catholic liturgical year, the period of penitential preparation for Easter, which takes place over 40 days, beginning with Ash Wednesday and extending over six Sundays, the last of which is known as Palm Sunday)
- mail, post
- post office
Etymology / origin
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pòstъ.
- *pòstъ(sla-pro)→
- *pòstъ(sla-pro)→
- póst (Upper Sorbian)
- Relations: inh, inh
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