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póst

[ˈpʊst]

noun

LanguageUpper Sorbian

Meaning
  1. fasting (deprivation or reduction of food, voluntarily or by imposition, for a certain period of time)
  2. 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)
  3. fasting
  4. A period of time where someone chooses not to eat or eats very little.
Examples

Póst je wazny čas w cyrkwi.

Lent is an important time in the church.

Pronunciationˈpʊst

Part of speechnoun

Usage noteCan refer to general fasting or the specific religious period of Lent.

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.