костёл
See also: костел
Russian
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
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, Max (1964–1973) “костел”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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