Афетъ
Old East Slavic
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Old Church Slavonic Іафеѳъ (Iafeθŭ), from Ancient Greek Ἰάφεθ (Iápheth).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑˈfɛtʊ/→/aˈfʲɛtʊ/→/aˈfʲɛːt/
- Hyphenation: А‧фе‧тъ
Proper noun
Афетъ (Afetŭ) m
- (biblical) Japheth
- 1377, Dmitry of Suzdal, Laurentian Codex[1], page 1:
- по потопѣ. первиє сн҃ве ноєви раꙁдѣлиша ꙁємлю. симъ. хамъ. афєтъ.
- po potopě. pervije sn:ve nojevi razděliša zemlju. simŭ. xamŭ. afetŭ.
- After the Flood, the first sons of Noah divided the earth: Shem, Ham and Japheth.
Declension
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| nominative | Афетъ Afetŭ |
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| genitive | Афету, Афета Afetu, Afeta |
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| dative | Афетови, Афету Afetovi, Afetu |
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| accusative | Афетъ, Афета Afetŭ, Afeta |
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| instrumental | Афетъмь Afetŭmĭ |
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| locative | Афету Afetu |
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| vocative | Афету Afetu |
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