милостиня

Bulgarian

Etymology

Spread into the standard language from Old Church Slavonic милостꙑн҄и (milostynʹi, “mercy”), from Proto-Slavic *milostyni. Morphologically equivalent to ми́лост (mílost, “mercy”) +‎ -иня (-inja).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [miɫoˈstinʲɐ]

Noun

милости́ня • (milostínja) f

  1. alms, charity

Declension
Declension of милости́ня
singular plural
indefinite милости́ня
milostínja		 милости́ни
milostíni
definite милости́нята
milostínjata		 милости́ните
milostínite

References
  • “милостиня”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “милостиня”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
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