геенна

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic г҄еона (gʹeona), from Ancient Greek γέεννᾰ (géenna).

Pronunciation

Noun

гее́нна (gejénnaf inan (genitive гее́нны, nominative plural гее́нны, genitive plural гее́нн)

  1. (religion) Gehenna
    гее́нна о́гненнаяgejénna ógnennajaFire Gehenna; hell
  2. (figuratively) hell

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