милостыня

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic милостꙑн҄и (milostynʹi, mercy), from Proto-Slavic *milostyni. By surface analysis, ми́лость (mílostʹ, mercy) + -ыня (-ynja).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmʲiɫəstɨnʲə]

Noun

ми́лостыня • (mílostynja) f inan (genitive ми́лостыни, nominative plural ми́лостыни, genitive plural ми́лостынь)

  1. alms, handout (something given to the poor as charity)

Declension

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