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Ukrainian
Etymology
From Old East Slavic ігу́мен (igúmen), from Old Church Slavonic игоумєнъ (igumenŭ), from Byzantine Greek ἡγούμενος (hēgoúmenos).
Pronunciation
Noun
ігу́мен • (ihúmen) m pers (genitive ігу́мена, nominative plural ігу́мени, genitive plural ігу́менів, relational adjective ігу́менський)
- (orthodoxy) abbot
- Synonym: настоятель (nastojatelʹ)
Declension
Declension of ігу́мен (pers hard masc-form accent-a)
Derived terms
References
- “ігумен”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “ігумен”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “ігумен”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries