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милостыня

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Russian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic милостꙑн҄и (milostynʹi, “mercy”), from Proto-Slavic *milostyni. By surface analysis, ми́лость (mílostʹ, “mercy”) +‎ -ыня (-ynja).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈmʲiɫəstɨnʲə]

Noun

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ми́лостыня • (mílostynja) f inan (genitive ми́лостыни, nominative plural ми́лостыни, genitive plural ми́лостынь)

  1. alms, handout (something given to the poor as charity)

Declension

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