скит

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σκήτη (skḗtē), which could be from Σκήτις (Skḗtis), Σκήτη (Skḗtē), Σκήτες (Skḗtes, “Scetis valley”), a region in northern Egypt, from Coptic Ϣⲓϩⲏⲧ (Šihēt, “measure of the hearts”), or otherwise via aphesis from ἀσκητής (askētḗs, “monk, hermit”), from ἀσκέω (askéō, “to exercise”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [skʲit]

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Noun

скит • (skit) m inan (genitive скита́, nominative plural скиты́, genitive plural скито́в)

1. skete (in Eastern Christianity, a small hermitage at some distance from the main monastery)
2. remote monastery among Old Believers

Declension

Declension of скит (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-b) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ски́т skít	скиты́ skitý
genitive	скита́ skitá	скито́в skitóv
dative	скиту́ skitú	скита́м skitám
accusative	ски́т skít	скиты́ skitý
instrumental	скито́м skitóm	скита́ми skitámi
prepositional	ските́ skité	скита́х skitáx
locative	в скиту́ v skitú

References

• WĀDĪ NAṬRŪN in: Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium