обитель
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic обитѣль (obitělĭ), from Proto-Slavic *obitělь, from *obitati + *-ělь. By surface analysis, обита́ть (obitátʹ, “to inhabit”) + -ель (-elʹ).
Cognates include Serbo-Croatian obitelj.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]оби́тель • (obítelʹ) f inan (genitive оби́тели, nominative plural оби́тели, genitive plural оби́телей)
- (archaic) abode, dwelling place
- (Christianity) cloister, monastery
- Synonym: монасты́рь (monastýrʹ)
- мона́шеская оби́тель ― monášeskaja obítelʹ ― community of monks
Declension
[edit]Declension of оби́тель (inan fem-form 3rd-decl accent-a)
Related terms
[edit]- обита́ть impf (obitátʹ)
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