прѣподобьнъ

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From прѣ- (prě-) + подобьнъ (podobĭnŭ).[1]

Adjective

прѣподобьнъ • (prěpodobĭnŭ)

  1. holy, just, righteous
  2. Saint, sainted
  3. (ecclesiastical) reverend, venerable

Declension

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Belarusian: прападо́бны (prapadóbny)
  • Russian: преподо́бный (prepodóbnyj)
  • Ukrainian: преподо́бний (prepodóbnyj)

References

  1. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “преподобний”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka

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