pustnic

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic поустиньникъ (pustinĭnikŭ), from поустꙑни (pustyni, “wilderness”) +‎ -ьникъ (-ĭnikŭ), from Proto-Slavic *pustyni (“wilderness”), from *pustъ (“empty”).

Noun

pustnic m (plural pustnici, feminine equivalent pustnică)

hermit, recluse

Declension

Declension of pustnic

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) pustnic	pustnicul	(niște) pustnici	pustnicii
genitive/dative	(unui) pustnic	pustnicului	(unor) pustnici	pustnicilor
vocative	pustnicule		pustnicilor

Related terms

Further reading

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

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