μοναστήριον

Ancient Greek

From μοναστήριος (monastḗrios, “alone, made alone”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, “-ium: forming places”), from μονάζω (monázō, “to be alone”), from μόνος (mónos, “alone”).

μοναστήριον • (monastḗrion) n (genitive μοναστηρίου); second declension

Second declension of τὸ μοναστήριον; τοῦ μοναστηρίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ μοναστήριον tò monastḗrion	τὼ μοναστηρίω tṑ monastēríō	τᾰ̀ μοναστήριᾰ tằ monastḗriă
Genitive	τοῦ μοναστηρίου toû monastēríou	τοῖν μοναστηρίοιν toîn monastēríoin	τῶν μοναστηρίων tôn monastēríōn
Dative	τῷ μοναστηρίῳ tōî monastēríōi	τοῖν μοναστηρίοιν toîn monastēríoin	τοῖς μοναστηρίοις toîs monastēríois
Accusative	τὸ μοναστήριον tò monastḗrion	τὼ μοναστηρίω tṑ monastēríō	τᾰ̀ μοναστήριᾰ tằ monastḗriă
Vocative	μοναστήριον monastḗrion	μοναστηρίω monastēríō	μοναστήριᾰ monastḗriă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Arabic: مَانِسْتَار (mānistār)
Greek: μοναστήρι (monastíri), μαναστήρι (manastíri)
- → Aromanian: mãnãstir
- → Romanian: mânăstire, mănăstire
- → Turkish: manastır
Latin: monasterium, monasteriolum (see there for further descendants)
Polish: monaster
Russian: монасты́рь (monastýrʹ)