Old Church Slavonic edit

Etymology edit

From earlier *обвитѣль, from *обвитати (об (ob)+витати (vitati)).

Noun edit

обитѣль (obitělĭf

  1. dwelling, habitation
  2. inn, lodging, monastery[1]

Descendants edit

  • Bulgarian: обител (obitel), Битоля (Bitolja)
  • Russian: обитель (obitelʹ)
  • Macedonian: Битола (Bitola)

References edit

  1. ^ “Jonathan Slocum and Todd B. Krause, Old Church Slavonic Online: Base Form Dictionary”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1], 2009 April 12 (last accessed), archived from the original on 24 October 2008