игумен
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Macedonian
Alternative forms
- егумен m (egumen)
Etymology
From Old Church Slavonic игоумєнъ (igumenŭ), from Byzantine Greek ἡγούμενος (hēgoúmenos).
Pronunciation
Noun
игумен • (igumen) m (feminine игуменија, relational adjective игуменски)
Declension
Declension of игумен
Derived terms
- игуменија f (igumenija)
References
- ^ Koneski, Kiril (1999) “игумен”, in Правописен речник на македонскиот литературен јазик (Pravopisen rečnik na makedonskiot literaturen jazik) [Orthographic Dictionary of the Macedonian literary language] (in Macedonian), "Prosvetno delo", page 139
Russian
Etymology
From Old East Slavic, from Old Church Slavonic игоумєнъ (igumenŭ), from Byzantine Greek ἡγούμενος (hēgoúmenos).
Pronunciation
Noun
игу́мен • (igúmen) m anim (genitive игу́мена, nominative plural игу́мены, genitive plural игу́менов, feminine игу́менья)
- Father Superior, hegumen, abbot
- Synonyms: абба́т m (abbát), настоя́тель m (nastojátelʹ), прио́р m (priór)
Declension
Declension of игу́мен (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a)