монастырь

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Russian

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek μοναστήριον (monastḗrion), converged with words ending with "-ырь" (cf. пустырь).

Pronunciation

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Rhymes: -ɨrʲ

Noun

монасты́рь • (monastýrʹ) m inan (genitive монастыря́, nominative plural монастыри́, genitive plural монастыре́й, relational adjective монасты́рский)

monastery, convent
- 1790, Александр Радищев, “Новгород”, in Путешествие из Петербурга в Москву; English translation from Leo Wiener, transl., A Journey From St. Petersburg to Moscow, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1958:
  В таковых размышлениях подъезжал я к Новугороду, смотря на множество монастырей, вокруг оного лежащих.
  V takovyx razmyšlenijax podʺjezžal ja k Novugorodu, smotrja na množestvo monastyrej, vokrug onovo ležaščix.
  With such thoughts I reached Novgorod and looked at the multitude of monasteries which lay around it.

Declension

Declension of монасты́рь (inan masc-form soft-stem accent-b)

	singular	plural
nominative	монасты́рь monastýrʹ	монастыри́ monastyrí
genitive	монастыря́ monastyrjá	монастыре́й monastyréj
dative	монастырю́ monastyrjú	монастыря́м monastyrjám
accusative	монасты́рь monastýrʹ	монастыри́ monastyrí
instrumental	монастырём monastyrjóm	монастыря́ми monastyrjámi
prepositional	монастыре́ monastyré	монастыря́х monastyrjáx

Pre-reform declension of монасты́рь (inan masc-form soft-stem accent-b)

	singular	plural
nominative	монасты́рь monastýrʹ	монастыри́ monastyrí
genitive	монастыря́ monastyrjá	монастыре́й monastyréj
dative	монастырю́ monastyrjú	монастыря́мъ monastyrjám
accusative	монасты́рь monastýrʹ	монастыри́ monastyrí
instrumental	монастырёмъ monastyrjóm	монастыря́ми monastyrjámi
prepositional	монастырѣ́ monastyrě́	монастыря́хъ monastyrjáx

Hyponyms

(monastery): ла́вра (lávra)

Derived terms

в чужо́й монасты́рь со свои́м уста́вом не хо́дят (v čužój monastýrʹ so svoím ustávom ne xódjat, “When in Rome, do as the Romans do.”)
подвести́ под монасты́рь (podvestí pod monastýrʹ, “to get someone into trouble”)

Descendants

→ Ingrian: manasteri
→ Skolt Sami: manaster, manstar

See also

мона́х (monáx)

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