успение
Bulgarian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Church Slavonic оусъпенѥ (usŭpenje).[1] Calque of Ancient Greek κοίμησις (τῆς Θεοτόκου) (koímēsis (tês Theotókou), “Dormition (of the Mother of God)”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [oˈspɛniɛ]
Noun
успе́ние • (uspénie) n
- death, death of a saint
- (in Eastern Orthodoxy) Dormition, Assumption
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | успе́ние uspénie |
успе́ния uspénija |
| definite | успе́нието uspénieto |
успе́нията uspénijata |
References
- ^ Dimitrova-Todorova, L. D., Selimski, L. P., editors (2017), “успение”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 8 (тèсам – фя̀калка), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 658
Macedonian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [uˈspɛni(j)ɛ]
Noun
успение • (uspenie) n
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | успение (uspenie) | успенија (uspenija) |
| definite unspecified | успението (uspenieto) | успенијата (uspenijata) |
| definite proximal | успениево (uspenievo) | успенијава (uspenijava) |
| definite distal | успениено (uspenieno) | успенијана (uspenijana) |
| vocative | успение (uspenie) | успенија (uspenija) |
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic усъпение (usŭpenije, “falling asleep; a sleep; death; religious feast day”). Calque of Ancient Greek κοίμησις (τῆς Θεοτόκου) (koímēsis (tês Theotókou), “Dormition (of the Mother of God)”). By surface analysis, у- (u-) + спать (spatʹ, “sleep”) + -е́ние (-énije, “-tion”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʊˈspʲenʲɪje]
Noun
успе́ние • (uspénije) n inan (genitive успе́ния, nominative plural успе́ния, genitive plural успе́ний, relational adjective успе́нский)
- (in Eastern Orthodoxy) Dormition, Assumption
Declension
Declension of успе́ние (inan neut-form i-stem accent-a)