милостыня

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic милостꙑн҄и (milostynʹi, mercy), from Proto-Slavic *milostyni. By surface analysis, ми́лость (mílostʹ, mercy) +‎ -ыня (-ynja).

Pronunciation

Noun

ми́лостыня (mílostynjaf inan (genitive ми́лостыни, nominative plural ми́лостыни, genitive plural ми́лостынь)

  1. alms, handout (something given to the poor as charity)

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