богадельня

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic бога дѣлꙗ (boga dělja, “for God's sake”).

Pronunciation

Noun

богаде́льня • (bogadélʹnja) f inan (genitive богаде́льни, nominative plural богаде́льни, genitive plural богаде́лен)

  1. almshouse
  2. (by extension, slang, derogatory) a place full of incompetent and/or ignorant people, a useless place

Declension

Declension of богаде́льня (inan fem-form soft-stem accent-a reduc) 
singular plural
nominative богаде́льня
bogadélʹnja 		богаде́льни
bogadélʹni
genitive богаде́льни
bogadélʹni 		богаде́лен
bogadélen
dative богаде́льне
bogadélʹne 		богаде́льням
bogadélʹnjam
accusative богаде́льню
bogadélʹnju 		богаде́льни
bogadélʹni
instrumental богаде́льней, богаде́льнею
bogadélʹnej, bogadélʹneju 		богаде́льнями
bogadélʹnjami
prepositional богаде́льне
bogadélʹne 		богаде́льнях
bogadélʹnjax

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References

  • Anikin, A. E. (2009) “богадельня”, in Русский этимологический словарь (in Russian), issue 3 (бе – болдыхать), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 295
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