православный

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic православьнъ (pravoslavĭnŭ), in turn a calque of Ancient Greek ὀρθόδοξος (orthódoxos).[1] By surface analysis, пра́вый (právyj, right, correct) + -о- (-o-) + сла́ва (sláva, glory, glorification; (general) opinion) + -ный (-nyj).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [prəvɐsˈɫavnɨj]
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Adjective

правосла́вный • (pravoslávnyj)

  1. (religion) Orthodox

Declension

Noun

правосла́вный • (pravoslávnyj) m anim (genitive правосла́вного, nominative plural правосла́вные, genitive plural правосла́вных, feminine правосла́вная)

  1. (religion) an Orthodox (an Orthodox Christian person)

Declension

References

  1. Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “православный”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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