Nasel'niki i svyazochki

[William Ryan]

Steve,
An intriguing question. Can you tell us the context? Why a monastery?
D'iachenko gives for nasel'nik: zhitel', tuzemets while Dal' suggests
that the word may mean 'original inhabitants of a region'. The
sviazochka is presumably the diminutive of sviazka which Dal' lists as
headgear of various kinds, and female headgear.
Will

Steve Marder wrote:
>
> Could anyone enlighten me on the meaning and best English equivalent of
> "nasel'nik" and "svyazochka"? So far as I know, "nasel'nik" is
> "inhabitant of a monastery," but how precise is such a rendering? (ANY
> inhabitant?) As far as "svyazochka" is concerned, all I know is that it
> is some form of pointed headgear -- worn by "nasel'niki"? -- but that is
> the extent of my knowledge of this particular usage of the word.
>
> Steve Marder
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