легион

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic лег҄еонъ (legʹeonŭ), borrowed from Byzantine Greek λεγιών (legiṓn). Ultimately from Latin legō (to gather) + -ион (-ion).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [lɛɡiˈɔn]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔn

Noun

легио́н • (legión) m (relational adjective легиона́лен)

  1. legion (military unit in the Roman army)

Declension

Alternative forms

  • легьо́н (legjón)

References

  • легион”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • легион”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • лег҄еонъ in Исторически речник на Българския език, Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"

Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [lɛɡiˈɔn]

Noun

легион • (legion) m

  1. legion

Declension

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [lʲɪɡʲɪˈon]
  • (file)

Noun

легио́н • (legión) m inan (genitive легио́на, nominative plural легио́ны, genitive plural легио́нов)

  1. legion

Declension

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