mătanie
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic метаниꙗ (metanija, “bow”), from Greek μετάνοια (metánoia, “repentence”). Compare Bulgarian метание (metanie).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (prescribed) /məˈta.ni.e/, (most common) /məˈta.nje/
- Rhymes: -anie, -anje
- Hyphenation: mă‧ta‧ni‧e
Noun edit
mătanie f (plural mătănii or (obsolete) metanii)
- (now religion only) genuflection or bowing in reverence
- Synonyms: aplecare, închinăciune, îngenunchere, plecăciune, temenea
- (plural only) prayer beads
Declension edit
Declension of mătanie
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (o) mătanie | mătania | (niște) mătănii | mătăniile |
| genitive/dative | (unei) mătănii | mătaniei | (unor) mătănii | mătăniilor |
| vocative | mătanie, mătanio | mătăniilor | ||
Further reading edit
- mătanie in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)