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- паломництвоpalomnytstvopilgrimage
“паломництво” (palomnytstvo) — pilgrimage in Ukrainian. Noun, level B1. Nearly letter for letter the international word; a pilgrim is palomnyk. The famous destinations are the lavras of Kyiv and Pochaiv — monastery hills that draw buses every spring. In a live sentence: “Паломництво триває два тижні” (Palomnytstvo tryvaie dva tyzhni) — Every year they go on a pilgrimage to Kyiv. Written with the characters п, а (a), л, о (o), м, н, и, ц, т, в (v), о (o). A word from the everyday Ukrainian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Ukrainian | паломництво (palomnytstvo) |
| Read in Latin letters | palomnytstvo |
| Translation | pilgrimage |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Nearly letter for letter the international word; a pilgrim is palomnyk. The famous destinations are the lavras of Kyiv and Pochaiv — monastery hills that draw buses every spring.
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- Паломництво триває два тижніPalomnytstvo tryvaie dva tyzhniEvery year they go on a pilgrimage to Kyiv
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “pilgrimage” in Ukrainian?
«паломництво» (palomnytstvo), read “palomnytstvo”. In a live sentence: “Паломництво триває два тижні” (Palomnytstvo tryvaie dva tyzhni) — Every year they go on a pilgrimage to Kyiv. Noun, level B1; written with the characters п, а (a), л, о (o), м, н, и, ц, т, в (v), о (o).
How is “паломництво” (palomnytstvo) written in Latin letters?
palomnytstvo. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Nearly letter for letter the international word; a pilgrim is palomnyk. The famous destinations are the lavras of Kyiv and Pochaiv — monastery hills that draw buses every spring. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.