This entry is concerned with the use of the word кќсть to refer to human hands. For distinctions between the word кќсть and its synonym рукђ, see Lexical Relationships: Synonyms. Other meanings — "cluster, bunch" (кќсть виногрђда
"a bunch of grapes"), "a cluster of threads" (шђль с кистїми "a shawl with tassels"), "paintbrush" (кќсть малярђ "a painter's brush"), etc. — are not described in this dictionary.