богадельня
Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic бога дѣлꙗ (boga dělja, “for God's sake”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [bəɡɐˈdʲelʲnʲə]
Noun
богаде́льня • (bogadélʹnja) f inan (genitive богаде́льни, nominative plural богаде́льни, genitive plural богаде́лен)
- almshouse
- (by extension, slang) a place full of incompetent and/or ignorant people, a useless place
Declension
Declension of богаде́льня (inan fem-form soft-stem accent-a reduc)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | богаде́льня bogadélʹnja |
богаде́льни bogadélʹni |
| genitive | богаде́льни bogadélʹni |
богаде́лен bogadélen |
| dative | богаде́льне bogadélʹne |
богаде́льням bogadélʹnjam |
| accusative | богаде́льню bogadélʹnju |
богаде́льни bogadélʹni |
| instrumental | богаде́льней, богаде́льнею bogadélʹnej, bogadélʹneju |
богаде́льнями bogadélʹnjami |
| prepositional | богаде́льне bogadélʹne |
богаде́льнях bogadélʹnjax |
Derived terms
- богаде́ленка (bogadélenka)
- богаде́ленный (bogadélennyj)
Descendants
- Belarusian: багадзельня (bahadzjelʹnja)
- Ukrainian: богадільня (bohadilʹnja)
References
- Anikin, A. E. (2009), “богадельня”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 3 (бе – болдыхать), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 295
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