pustnic

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic поустиньникъ (pustinĭnikŭ), from поустꙑни (pustyni, wilderness) +‎ -ьникъ (-ĭnikŭ), from Proto-Slavic *pustyni (wilderness), from *pustъ (empty).

Noun

pustnic m (plural pustnici, feminine equivalent pustnică)

  1. hermit, recluse

Declension

Declension of pustnic
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative pustnic pustnicul pustnici pustnicii
genitive-dative pustnic pustnicului pustnici pustnicilor
vocative pustnicule pustnicilor

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