церковь
Russian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic цьркꙑ (cĭrky), from Proto-Slavic *cьrky, from Proto-West Germanic *kirikā, from Ancient Greek κυριακόν (kuriakón). Doublet of ки́рха (kírxa) and ки́рка (kírka), see also English church and other Germanic cognates.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈt͡sɛrkəfʲ]
- (Old Moscovian) IPA(key): [ˈt͡sɛrʲkəfʲ] (phonetic respelling: це́рьковь)
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Noun
це́рковь • (cérkovʹ) f inan (genitive це́ркви, nominative plural це́ркви, genitive plural церкве́й, relational adjective церко́вный, diminutive церкву́шка)
Usage notes
The irregular plural forms, церква́м (cerkvám), церква́ми (cerkvámi), and церква́х (cerkváx), are more common in writing than their regular counterparts.
Declension
Declension of це́рковь (inan fem-form 3rd-decl accent-e reduc irreg)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | це́рковь cérkovʹ |
це́ркви cérkvi |
| genitive | це́ркви cérkvi |
церкве́й cerkvéj |
| dative | це́ркви cérkvi |
церквя́м, церква́м△ cerkvjám, cerkvám△ |
| accusative | це́рковь cérkovʹ |
це́ркви cérkvi |
| instrumental | це́рковью cérkovʹju |
церквя́ми, церква́ми△ cerkvjámi, cerkvámi△ |
| prepositional | це́ркви cérkvi |
церквя́х, церква́х△ cerkvjáx, cerkváx△ |
△ Irregular.
Coordinate terms
Related terms
- церко́вник (cerkóvnik)
Descendants
- → Aleut: chiirkax̂, chiirkvax̂
- → Bashkir: сиркәү (sirkəw)
- → Chuvash: чиркӳ (čirk̬ü)
- → Eastern Mari: черке (čerke)
- → Kazakh: шіркеу (şırkeu)
- → Kildin Sami: цэ̄ркав (cērkav)
- → Kyrgyz: чиркөө (cirköö)
- → Moksha: церькав (ceŕkav)
- → Skolt Sami: ceerkav
- → Tatar: чиркәу (çirkäw)
- → Udmurt: черк (ćerk)
- → Uyghur: چېركاۋ (chërkaw)
- → Uzbek: cherkov
- → Western Mari: церкӹ (cerkÿ)
- → Yakut: сиэркэп (sierkep)