ектенья

Russian

Alternative forms
  • ектения́ (jektenijá)
  • эктения́ (ektenijá)

Etymology

From Church Slavonic, from Ancient Greek ἐκτενὴς (ektenḕs).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [(j)ɪktʲɪˈnʲja]

Noun

ектенья́ • (jektenʹjá) f inan (genitive ектеньи́, nominative plural ектеньи́, genitive plural ектени́й)

  1. (Eastern Orthodoxy) litany, suffrage (one of a number of prayer petitions that make up most of the worship in the Orthodox Church)

Declension
Declension of ектенья́ (inan fem-form vowel-stem accent-b irreg) 
singular plural
nominative ектенья́
jektenʹjá		 ектеньи́
jektenʹí
genitive ектеньи́
jektenʹí		 ектени́й△
jekteníj△
dative ектенье́
jektenʹjé		 ектенья́м
jektenʹjám
accusative ектенью́
jektenʹjú		 ектеньи́
jektenʹí
instrumental ектеньёй, ектеньёю
jektenʹjój, jektenʹjóju		 ектенья́ми
jektenʹjámi
prepositional ектенье́
jektenʹjé		 ектенья́х
jektenʹjáx

△ Irregular.

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