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сорокоу́ст

rare #63269nounmasculineinanimatecountable

1.
forty-day prayers for the dead, forty-day memorial servicereligion
Она́ заказа́ла в це́ркви сорокоу́ст по отцу́.
She ordered forty days of prayers for her father at the church.
Russian Orthodox practice: daily commemoration of the deceased at the liturgy for forty days.

Examples

После похорон родные оплатили сорокоуст.
After the funeral, the relatives paid for the forty-day memorial prayers.
Мама заказала сорокоуст в церкви по дедушке.
Mom had prayers for Grandpa’s soul offered at the church.
В монастыре можно заказать сорокоуст о здравии.
At the monastery, you can order prayers for someone’s health.

Declension

	Singular	Plural
Nom.Nominative	сорокоу́ст	сорокоу́сты
Gen.Genitive	сорокоу́ста	сорокоу́стов
Dat.Dative	сорокоу́сту	сорокоу́стам
Acc.Accusative	сорокоу́ст	сорокоу́сты
Inst.Instrumental	сорокоу́стом	сорокоу́стами
Prep.Prepositional	сорокоу́сте	сорокоу́стах

Word familyсороково́йPRO

сороково́йfortieth
numeral
сорокоу́стforty-day prayers for the dead; offering for the forty-day prayers
nounmasculine
сороконо́жкаcentipede
nounfeminine

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Iron edited translation 2 months ago.
Lucian edited noun basics 7 years ago.

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commemoration dead donation for forty-day memorial offering prayers service the