mьsta

mьstь; mьsta Grammatical information: f. i; f. ā Proto-Slavic meaning: `vengeance, revenge'

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Old Church Slavic:

mьstь `vengeance, revenge, punishment, defence' [f i]

Russian:

mestь `vengeance, revenge' [f i];

msta (dial.) `vengeance, revenge' [f ā]

Ukrainian:

msta (poet.) `vengeance, revenge' [f ā]

Czech:

msta `vengeance, revenge' [f ā]

Slovak:

mstva `vengeance, revenge' [f ā]

Polish:

msta (16th-17th. c.) `vengeance, revenge' [f ā]

Bulgarian:

măst `vengeance, revenge' [f i]

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Comments: I consider a reconstruction *mith₂-ti- more likely than the assumption that *mьstь has the same origin as -> *mьzda.

Other cognates:

OIc. missa `loss, damage' [f]