աբբայություն

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Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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աբբա (abba) +‎ -ություն (-utʻyun)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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աբբայություն (abbayutʻyun)

  1. abbey (monastery headed by an abbot)
  2. abbey (the building or buildings occupied by a community of monks or nuns)
  3. abbacy, abbotcy, abbotship

Declension

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Further reading

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “աբբայութիւն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy