церковь

Russian
Церковь Покрова на Нерли

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *cьrky, from Proto-Germanic *kirikǭ, from Ancient Greek κυριακόν (kuriakón).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡sɛrkəfʲ]
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Noun

це́рковь • (cérkovʹ) f inan (genitive це́ркви, nominative plural це́ркви, genitive plural церкве́й)

  1. church (religious group)
  2. church (house of worship)

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.

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Coordinate terms

Descendants
  • Bashkir: сиркәү (sirkäw)
  • Kazakh: шіркеу (şirkew)
  • Kyrgyz: чиркөө (çirköö)
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