библия
Bulgarian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin biblia or directly from Ancient Greek βιβλία (biblía, “books”), ultimately from βίβλος (bíblos, “book”), a variant of βύβλος (búblos, “papyrus”). The word is derived from the name of the Phoenician city Byblos, which was known for exporting papyri in ancient times.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
би́блия • (bíblija) f
Declension[edit]
Related terms[edit]
- библиотека (biblioteka, “library”)
- библейски (biblejski, “depicted in the Bible”)
Russian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- би́блія (bíblija) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Etymology[edit]
First attested 1499. Borrowed from Latin biblia, from Ancient Greek βιβλία (biblía, “books”), ultimately from Ancient Greek βίβλος (bíblos, “book”), a variant of Ancient Greek βύβλος (búblos, “papyrus”). The word is derived from the name of the Phoenician city Byblos, which was known for exporting papyri in ancient times.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
би́блия • (bíblija) f inan (genitive би́блии, nominative plural би́блии, genitive plural би́блий, relational adjective библе́йский)
- Bible
- Synonyms: Би́блия (Bíblija), Свяще́нное Писа́ние (Svjaščénnoje Pisánije), Писа́ние (Pisánije)
- bible
Declension[edit]
References[edit]
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “библия”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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