агнец

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *agnьcь. Akin to а́гне (ágne).

• IPA^(key): [ˈaɡnɛt͡s]

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• IPA^(key): [ɐɡˈnɛt͡s]

а́гнец or агне́ц • (ágnec or agnéc) m

1. large lamb
2. Paschal Lamb, Lamb of God (Jesus Christ portrayed as a sacrifice)
3. sacrificial lamb
4. Agnus Dei (a litgurgical symbol depicting a lamb and a cross)
5. (figurative, liturgical) metaphor for bread as the embodiment of the body of Christ during transubstantiation

• а́гне (ágne)

• “агнец”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “агнец”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• “агнец”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 18
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971–2017), “а̀гне”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1–8, Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House

• а́гнецъ (ágnec) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic агньць (agnĭcĭ), from Proto-Slavic *agnьcь, a derivative of *àgnę; eventually from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷn-. Compare native ягнёнок (jagnjónok).

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а́гнец • (ágnec) m anim (genitive а́гнца, nominative plural а́гнцы, genitive plural а́гнцев)

1. (archaic, biblical) lamb

   Synonyms: (normal register) ягнёнок (jagnjónok), (colloquial) бара́шек (barášek)

   А́гнец Бо́жий ― Ágnec Bóžij ― Lamb of God

2. (figurative) lamb (a meek, docile, innocent person)

   Synonym: ове́чка (ovéčka)

3. (Christianity) the Lamb, the host (the portion of bread consecrated in the Eucharist)