костёл

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See also: костел

Russian

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Мариацкий костёл в Кракове

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish kościół (church), from Czech kostel, from Old High German kastel, from Latin castellum (castle, fort), because medieval churches were fortified.[1] Compare Ukrainian костьо́л (kostʹól) / косте́л (kostél) and Belarusian касцёл (kascjól).

Pronunciation

Noun

костёл (kostjólm inan (genitive костёла, nominative plural костёлы, genitive plural костёлов, relational adjective костёльный)

  1. Roman Catholic church (in Poland or the Baltic states)

Declension

See also

References

  1. ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “костел”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Further reading

  • костёл in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru