амнистия

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Bulgarian

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Noun

амни́стия (amnístijaf

  1. amnesty, pardon (act of the sovereign power)

Declension

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic امنيستيا
Cyrillic амнистия
Latin amnistia

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian амни́стия (amnístija), from obsolete Polish amnistja (now amnestia), from Latin amnestia, from Ancient Greek ἀμνηστία (amnēstía).

Noun

амнистия (amnistiä)

  1. amnesty

Russian

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Etymology

From obsolete Polish amnistja (now amnestia).

Pronunciation

Noun

амни́стия (amnístijaf inan (genitive амни́стии, nominative plural амни́стии, genitive plural амни́стий)

  1. amnesty
  2. free pardon, let-off
  3. act of grace

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: ամնիստիա (amnistia)
  • Kazakh: амнистия (amnistiä)

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “амнистия”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress