свещен

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic свѧщеньнъ (svęštenĭnŭ). Compare Russian священный (svjaščennyj) and Ukrainian священний (svjaščennyj), which borrowed the Old Church Slavonic term.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [svɛʃˈtɛn]
  • Hyphenation(key): све‧щен

Adjective

свеще́н • (sveštén) (abstract noun свеще́ност)

  1. (religion) sacred, holy
    Synonym: сакра́лен (sakrálen)
  2. (figurative) highly treasured or revered
    Synonyms: свят (svjat), скъп (skǎp), съкрове́н (sǎkrovén)
  3. (figurative) sacred (of duty, ideals, etc)
  4. (figurative) sacrosanct, inviolable
    Synonyms: неприкоснове́н (neprikosnovén), неотмени́м (neotmením), неизме́нен (neizménen)

Declension

References

  • свещен”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • свещен”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
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