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монастырь

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Russian

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Ancient Greek μοναστήριον (monastḗrion), converged with words ending with "-ырь" (cf. пустырь).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [mənɐˈstɨrʲ]
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  • Rhymes: -ɨrʲ

Noun

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монасты́рь (monastýrʹm inan (genitive монастыря́, nominative plural монастыри́, genitive plural монастыре́й, relational adjective монасты́рский)

  1. monastery, convent
    • 1790, Александр Радищев, “Новгород”, in Путешествие из Петербурга в Москву; English translation from Leo Wiener, transl., A Journey From St. Petersburg to Moscow, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1958:
      В таковых размышлениях подъезжал я к Новугороду, смотря на множество монастырей, вокруг оного лежащих.
      V takovyx razmyšlenijax podʺjezžal ja k Novugorodu, smotrja na množestvo monastyrej, vokrug onovo ležaščix.
      With such thoughts I reached Novgorod and looked at the multitude of monasteries which lay around it.

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Ingrian: manasteri
  • Skolt Sami: manaster, manstar

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