manastir
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Latin monastērium, from Ancient Greek μοναστήριον (monastḗrion, “hermit's cell”), from μόνος (mónos, “alone”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mânastiːr/
- Hyphenation: ma‧na‧stir
Noun
mȁnastīr m inan (Cyrillic spelling ма̏настӣр)
- monastery
- Srbija je zemlja manastira, tvrđava i banja. ― Serbia is a land of monasteries, fortresses and spas.
- cloister
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | manastir | manastiri |
| genitive | manastira | manastira |
| dative | manastiru | manastirima |
| accusative | manastir | manastire |
| vocative | manastire | manastiri |
| locative | manastiru | manastirima |
| instrumental | manastirom | manastirima |
Further reading
- “manastir”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026