святыня

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *svętyni. By surface analysis, свято́й (svjatój) +‎ -ы́ня (-ýnja).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [svʲɪˈtɨnʲə]

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Noun

святы́ня • (svjatýnja) f inan (genitive святы́ни, nominative plural святы́ни, genitive plural святы́нь)

1. shrine
2. sacred object, something considered sacred, a sanctity

Declension

Declension of святы́ня (inan fem-form soft-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	святы́ня svjatýnja	святы́ни svjatýni
genitive	святы́ни svjatýni	святы́нь svjatýnʹ
dative	святы́не svjatýne	святы́ням svjatýnjam
accusative	святы́ню svjatýnju	святы́ни svjatýni
instrumental	святы́ней, святы́нею svjatýnej, svjatýneju	святы́нями svjatýnjami
prepositional	святы́не svjatýne	святы́нях svjatýnjax

Related terms

• свято́й (svjatój), свяще́нный (svjaščénnyj)