келья

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic келиꙗ (kelija), from Byzantine Greek κελλία (kellía), plural of κελλίον (kellíon, garret), diminutive of κέλλα (kélla), from Latin cella.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkʲelʲjə]

Noun

ке́лья • (kélʹjaf inan (genitive ке́льи, nominative plural ке́льи, genitive plural ке́лий)

  1. (Christianity) cell (room in a monastery for sleeping one person)

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