алтар

Belarusian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian олтарь (oltarʹ),[1] from Old Church Slavonic олътарь (olŭtarĭ), ultimately from Latin altāre. Cognate with Ukrainian ві́вта́р (vívtár).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [aɫˈtar]
  • Rhymes: -ar
  • Hyphenation: ал‧тар

Noun

алта́р • (altárm inan (genitive алтара́, nominative plural алтары́, genitive plural алтаро́ў)

  1. altar

Declension

References

  1. ^ Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1982), “алтарь, олтарь, олтаръ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 1 (а – биенье), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 103

Further reading

  • алтар” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org