обитель
Russian 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)