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mănăstire
monastery /mənəsˈtire/
noun#5771 most common
Also: convent, cloister
Example sentences
Mănăstirea este veche.
The monastery is old.
Vizităm o mănăstire frumoasă.
We are visiting a beautiful monastery.
Călugării trăiesc la mănăstire.
The monks live at the monastery.
Am vizitat mai multe mănăstiri din Bucovina anul trecut.
I visited several monasteries in Bucovina last year.
Zidurile mănăstirii au fost construite în secolul al XV-lea.
The walls of the monastery were built in the 15th century.
Frescele exterioare ale mănăstirilor din nordul Moldovei sunt vestite pentru culorile lor vii, în special albastrul de Voroneț.
The exterior frescoes of the monasteries in northern Moldavia are famous for their vivid colors, especially Voroneț blue.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mănăstire | mănăstiri |
| Genitive | mănăstirii | mănăstirilor |
| Accusative | mănăstire | mănăstiri |
| Vocative | mănăstire | mănăstiri |
Word family
mănăstiremonastery
mănăstioarăsmall monastery
mănăstirescmonastic
călugărmonk (lives at a mănăstire, though not from the same root)
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "mănăstire" from Old Church Slavonic "manastyr'", part of the wave of Slavic vocabulary that entered Romanian through medieval Orthodox Christianity. The Slavic word itself came from Greek "monastērion", built on "monos" (alone), the root behind English "monastery" and "monk". So Romanian and English end up with cousin words that arrived by different routes: Romanian through Slavic, English through Latin and French.
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