церква

Most likely borrowed from Carpathian Rusyn церква (cerkva) (as Old Slovak and most of West Slavic displays cirk- rather than cerk-), variant of церков (cerkov), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *cьrky. Cognates include Carpathian Rusyn церков (cerkov), Slovak cirkev and Ukrainian це́рква (cérkva).

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɛrkva]
• Rhymes: -ɛrkva
• Hyphenation: церк‧ва

церква (cerkva) f (diminutive церквочка, related adjective церковни)

1. church

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “церква”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “church”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 54

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɛrkvə]

це́рква • (cérkva) f inan (genitive це́рквы, nominative plural це́рквы, genitive plural церкв)

1. (regional) church (building)

   Synonyms: це́рковь f (cérkovʹ), храм m (xram)

• → Lithuanian: cerkvė

From Proto-Slavic *cьrky. Doublet of кірха (kirxa).

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɛrkʋɐ]

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це́рква • (cérkva) f inan (genitive це́ркви, nominative plural церкви́, genitive plural церко́в, relational adjective церко́вний)

1. church (building)

   Hyponym: (Roman Catholic) костьо́л (kostʹól)

   Це́рква Пресвято́ї Трі́йці ― Cérkva Presvjatóji Tríjci ― Church of the Most Holy Trinity

2. church (Christian organisation)

• → Lithuanian: cerkvė
• → Yiddish: צערקווע (tserkve)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “церква”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “церква”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)