сповѣданьє

Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

  • споведа́нье (spovedánʹje), споведа́ние (spovedánje)

Etymology

Cognate with Russian испове́дание (ispovédanije).

Noun

сповѣданьє • (spovědanʹje) n inan

  1. (religion) verbal noun of сповѣда́ти impf (spovědáti): confession, profession (declaration of belief in the principles of a religion)

Descendants

  • Belarusian: спавяда́нне (spavjadánnje)
  • Ukrainian: сповіда́ння (spovidánnja)

Further reading

  • Bulyka, A. M., editor (2012), “споведанье, споведание”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 32 (смыковати – струмень), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 161
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