церковь
Russian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editInherited from Old East Slavic цьркꙑ (cĭrky), from Proto-Slavic *cьrky, from Proto-West Germanic *kirikā, from Ancient Greek κυριακόν (kuriakón). Doublet of ки́рха (kírxa) and ки́рка (kírka), see also English church and other Germanic cognates.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): [ˈt͡sɛrkəfʲ]
- (Old Moscovian) IPA(key): [ˈt͡sɛrʲkəfʲ] (phonetic respelling: це́рьковь)
Audio: (file)
Noun
editце́рковь • (cérkovʹ) f inan (genitive це́ркви, nominative plural це́ркви, genitive plural церкве́й, relational adjective церко́вный, diminutive церкву́шка)
Usage notes
editThe irregular plural forms, церква́м (cerkvám), церква́ми (cerkvámi), and церква́х (cerkváx), are more common in writing than their regular counterparts.
Declension
editDeclension of це́рковь (inan fem-form 3rd-decl accent-e reduc irreg)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | це́рковь cérkovʹ |
це́ркви cérkvi |
genitive | це́ркви cérkvi |
церкве́й cerkvéj |
dative | це́ркви cérkvi |
церквя́м, церква́м△ cerkvjám, cerkvám△ |
accusative | це́рковь cérkovʹ |
це́ркви cérkvi |
instrumental | це́рковью cérkovʹju |
церквя́ми, церква́ми△ cerkvjámi, cerkvámi△ |
prepositional | це́ркви cérkvi |
церквя́х, церква́х△ cerkvjáx, cerkváx△ |
△ Irregular.
Coordinate terms
editRelated terms
edit- церко́вник (cerkóvnik)
Descendants
edit- → Aleut: chiirkax̂, chiirkvax̂
- → Bashkir: сиркәү (sirkəw)
- → Chuvash: чиркӳ (čirk̬ü)
- → Kazakh: шіркеу (şırkeu)
- → Kildin Sami: цэ̄ркав (cērkav)
- → Kyrgyz: чиркөө (cirköö)
- → Skolt Sami: ceerkav
- → Tatar: чиркәу (çirkäw)
- → Uyghur: چېركاۋ (chërkaw)
- → Uzbek: cherkov
- → Yakut: сиэркэп (sierkep)
See also
editCategories:
- Russian terms inherited from Old East Slavic
- Russian terms derived from Old East Slavic
- Russian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Russian terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Russian terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Russian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Russian doublets
- Russian 2-syllable words
- Russian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Russian terms with audio pronunciation
- Russian lemmas
- Russian nouns
- Russian feminine nouns
- Russian inanimate nouns
- Russian 3rd-declension feminine-form nouns
- Russian 3rd-declension feminine-form accent-e nouns
- Russian nouns with accent pattern e
- Russian nouns with reducible stem
- Russian irregular nouns
- Russian nouns with irregular dative plural
- Russian nouns with irregular instrumental plural
- Russian nouns with irregular prepositional plural
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