костёл
Russian
Мариацкий костёл в Кракове
Etymology
Borrowed from Polish kościół (“church”), from Czech kostel, from Old High German kastel, from Latin castellum (“castle, fort”), because medieval churches were fortified.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kɐˈsʲtʲɵl]
- Rhymes: -ɵl
Noun
костёл • (kostjól) m inan (genitive костёла, nominative plural костёлы, genitive plural костёлов)
- a Roman Catholic church (in Poland or the Baltic states)
Declension
Declension of костёл (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a)
References
- Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “костел”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
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