багаслоўе

Belarusian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian богословїє (bohoslovije),[1] from Old Church Slavonic богословиѥ (bogoslovije),[2] ultimately a calque of Ancient Greek θεολογία (theología). By surface analysis, багасло́ў (bahaslów) +‎ (-je).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [baɣasˈɫou̯je]
  • Rhymes: -ou̯je
  • Hyphenation: ба‧га‧слоўе

Noun

багасло́ўе • (bahaslówjen inan (genitive багасло́ўя, uncountable, relational adjective багасло́ўскі)

  1. theology
    Synonym: тэало́гія (tealóhija)

Declension

nouns
  • багасло́ў m pers (bahaslów)

References

  1. ^ Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1983), “богословие”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 2 (биецъ – варивный), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 104
  2. ^ Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1978), “багаслоў”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 1 (А – бячэ́йка), Minsk: Navuka i technika

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