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Russian
Pronunciation
Noun
келе́йник • (keléjnik) m anim (genitive келе́йника, nominative plural келе́йники, genitive plural келе́йников)
- lay brother
1902, Антон Чехов, chapter IV, in Архиерей; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., The Bishop, 1919:Прие́хав домо́й, преосвяще́нный Пётр напи́лся ча́ю, пото́м переоде́лся, лёг в посте́ль и приказа́л келе́йнику закры́ть ста́вни на о́кнах.- Prijéxav domój, preosvjaščénnyj Pjotr napílsja čáju, potóm pereodélsja, ljog v postélʹ i prikazál keléjniku zakrýtʹ stávni na óknax.
- On reaching home his holiness drank some tea, then changed his clothes, lay down on his bed, and told the lay brother to close the shutters on the windows.
Declension