истъ

See also: исть

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jistъ.

Adjective

истъ • (istŭ)

1. true
   • from the Life of Constantine:

     оучителѧ не имамъ таковаго, иже бꙑ нꙑ въ свои ꙗзꙑкъ истоую вѣроу христꙇаньскоую сказалъ, да бꙑша и инꙑ странꙑ того зрѧще подобилисѧ намъ.

     učitelę ne imamŭ takovago, iže by ny vŭ svoi jazykŭ istuju věru xristianĭskuju skazalŭ, da byša i iny strany togo zręšte podobilisę namŭ.

     we have no such teacher who would explain the true Christian faith to us in our own tongue, so that even the countries here, seeing this, might emulate us.

2. real
3. exact

Derived terms

• истина (istina)
• истиненъ (istinenŭ)
• истиньнъ (istinĭnŭ)
• неистъ (neistŭ)