церковь

Russian
Церковь Покрова на Нерли

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic цьркꙑ (cĭrky), from Proto-Slavic *cьrky, from Proto-West Germanic *kirikā, from Ancient Greek κυριακόν (kuriakón). Doublet of ки́рха (kírxa) and ки́рка (kírka), see also English church and other Germanic cognates.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡sɛrkəfʲ]
  • (Old Moscovian) IPA(key): [ˈt͡sɛrʲkəfʲ] (phonetic respelling: це́рьковь)
  • Audio(file)

Noun

це́рковь • (cérkovʹ) f inan (genitive це́ркви, nominative plural це́ркви, genitive plural церкве́й, related adjective церко́вный, diminutive церкву́шка)

  1. church (religious group)
  2. church (house of worship)

Usage notes

The irregular plural forms, церква́м (cerkvám), церква́ми (cerkvámi), and церква́х (cerkváx), are more common in writing than their regular counterparts.

Declension
Declension of це́рковь (inan fem-form 3rd-decl accent-e reduc irreg) 
singular plural
nominative це́рковь
cérkovʹ		 це́ркви
cérkvi
genitive це́ркви
cérkvi		 церкве́й
cerkvéj
dative це́ркви
cérkvi		 церквя́м, церква́м△
cerkvjám, cerkvám△
accusative це́рковь
cérkovʹ		 це́ркви
cérkvi
instrumental це́рковью
cérkovʹju		 церквя́ми, церква́ми△
cerkvjámi, cerkvámi△
prepositional це́ркви
cérkvi		 церквя́х, церква́х△
cerkvjáx, cerkváx△

△ Irregular.

Coordinate terms

Descendants
  • → Bashkir: сиркәү (sirkäw)
  • → Chuvash: чиркӳ (čirk̬ü)
  • → Kazakh: шіркеу (şırkeu)
  • → Kildin Sami: цэ̄ркав (cērkav)
  • → Kyrgyz: чиркөө (çirköö)
  • → Tatar: чиркәу (çirkäw)
  • → Skolt Sami: ceerkav
  • → Uyghur: چېركاۋ‎ (chërkaw)
  • → Uzbek: cherkov
  • → Yakut: сиэркэп (sierkep)

See also
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