mătanie

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic метаниꙗ (metanija, “bow”), from Greek μετάνοια (metánoia, “repentence”). Compare Bulgarian метание (metanie).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (prescribed) /məˈta.ni.e/, (most common) /məˈta.nje/
Rhymes: -anie, -anje
Hyphenation: mă‧ta‧ni‧e

Noun

mătanie f (plural mătănii or (obsolete) metanii)

(now religion only) genuflection or bowing in reverence
Synonyms: aplecare, închinăciune, îngenunchere, plecăciune, temenea
(plural only) prayer beads

Declension

Declension of mătanie

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) mătanie	mătania	(niște) mătănii	mătăniile
genitive/dative	(unei) mătănii	mătaniei	(unor) mătănii	mătăniilor
vocative	mătanie, mătanio		mătăniilor

Further reading

mătanie in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

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