православие

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic پراۆوسلۆيە
Cyrillic православие
Latin pravoslavie

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian правосла́вие (pravoslávije).

Noun

православие • (pravoslavie)

  1. Orthodoxy

Derived terms

Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pravɔˈsɫavi(j)ɛ]

Noun

православие • (pravoslavien (relational adjective православен)

  1. Orthodoxy

Declension

Declension of православие
singular plural
indefinite православие (pravoslavie) православија (pravoslavija)
definite unspecified православието (pravoslavieto) православијата (pravoslavijata)
definite proximal православиево (pravoslavievo) православијава (pravoslavijava)
definite distal православиено (pravoslavieno) православијана (pravoslavijana)
vocative православие (pravoslavie) православија (pravoslavija)

Russian

Etymology

Calque of Ancient Greek ὀρθοδοξία (orthodoxía, correctness in doctrine and belief). From пра́вый (právyj, right, correct) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ сла́ва (sláva, glory, glorification; (general) opinion) +‎ -ие (-ije).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [prəvɐsˈɫavʲɪje]
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Noun

правосла́вие • (pravoslávijen inan (genitive правосла́вия, uncountable)

  1. (literally) Orthodoxy
  2. the Eastern Orthodox Church of Christianity
  3. the Russian Orthodox Church

Usage notes

While православие is mostly used for the Orthodox Church, it is also used by some Rodnover groups in Russia and Ukraine as a name for their neopagan religion.

Declension

Antonyms

  • инославие (inoslavije), кривославие (krivoslavije) (heterodox)

Derived terms

  • древлеправославие (drevlepravoslavije, Old Orthodoxy) (the Old Believers)
  • правосла́вие головно́го мо́зга (pravoslávije golovnóvo mózga, orthodoxy of the brain), ПГМ (PGM) (internet slang, derogatory)
  • православный (pravoslavnyj, orthodox)

See also

  • долбосла́вие (dolboslávije, stupid-glory) (Internet slang, derogatory term used for Slavic neopaganism)