костёл

See also: костел

Russian

Alternative forms

костёлъ (kostjól) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish kościół (“church”), from Czech kostel, from Old High German kastel, from Latin castellum (“castle, fort”), because medieval churches were fortified.^[1] Compare Ukrainian костьо́л (kostʹól) / косте́л (kostél) and Belarusian касцёл (kascjól).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kɐˈsʲtʲɵɫ]
Rhymes: -ol

Noun

костёл • (kostjól) m inan (genitive костёла, nominative plural костёлы, genitive plural костёлов, relational adjective костёльный)

Roman Catholic church (in Poland or the Baltic states)

Declension

Declension of костёл (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	костёл kostjól	костёлы kostjóly
genitive	костёла kostjóla	костёлов kostjólov
dative	костёлу kostjólu	костёлам kostjólam
accusative	костёл kostjól	костёлы kostjóly
instrumental	костёлом kostjólom	костёлами kostjólami
prepositional	костёле kostjóle	костёлах kostjólax

References

^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “костел”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress