светиня

Bulgarian

Etymology

Spread into the standard language from Old Church Slavonic свѧтꙑн҄и (svętynʹi, holiness), from Proto-Slavic *svętyni. Morphologically equivalent to свят (svjat, holy) + -иня (-inja).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [svɛˈtinʲə]

Noun

свети́ня (svetínja) f

  1. sacred object, relict
  2. (obsolete) sanctuary

Declension

References

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