tonsure russian

• пострига́ть

  to cut (hair), to trim, to shear

  to tonsure, to admit to monastic vows, to make a monk of

  to mow, to clip (grass or bushes)

• постригаемый

  being shorn, being cut, being tonsured

• пострига́вший

  cutting hair, that was cutting hair, having cut hair

  shearing, that was shearing, having shorn

  tonsuring, that was tonsuring, having tonsured

Examples

• Монах, постригавший новициев, был очень строг.

  The monk who tonsured the novices was very strict.

• Постригаемый монах молча слушал слова настоятеля.

  The monk being tonsured silently listened to the abbot's words.