աբբայություն

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

աբբա (abba) + -ություն (-utʿyun)

Pronunciation

Noun

աբբայություն (abbayutʿyun)

  1. abbey (monastery headed by an abbot)
  2. abbey (the building or buildings occupied by a community of monks or nuns)
  3. abbacy, abbotcy, abbotship

Declension

Further reading

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), աբբայութիւն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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