духавенства

Belarusian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Polish duchowieństwo through Old Ruthenian духовенство (duxovenstvo)[1] or Russian духове́нство (duxovénstvo).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [duxaˈvʲenstva]

Noun

духаве́нства • (duxavjénstva) n inan (genitive духаве́нства, uncountable)

  1. (religion) clergy, priesthood

Declension

Declension of духаве́нства (inan sg-only hard neut-form accent-a)
singular
nominative духаве́нства
duxavjénstva
genitive духаве́нства
duxavjénstva
dative духаве́нству
duxavjénstvu
accusative духаве́нства
duxavjénstva
instrumental духаве́нствам
duxavjénstvam
locative духаве́нстве
duxavjénstvje

References

  1. ^ Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1989), “духовенство”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 9 (дорогоценный – жеребей), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, →ISBN, page 106
  2. ^ Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1985), “духавенства”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 3 (га! – інчэ́), Minsk: Navuka i technika

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