Рождество

Kazakh edit

Alternative scripts
Arabic روجدەستۆو
Cyrillic Рождество
Latin Rojdestvo
Yañalif Roçdestvo

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Russian Рождество́ (Roždestvó).

Proper noun edit

Рождество (Rojdestvo)

  1. Christmas

Macedonian edit

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

Рождество (Roždestvon

  1. (rare) Christmas

Russian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Ellipsis of Рождество́ Христо́во (Roždestvó Xristóvo).

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic рождьство (roždĭstvo), from Proto-Slavic *roďьstvo. Displaced inherited Old East Slavic рожьство (rožĭstvo), which is still found in dialects (see рожество́ (rožestvó) and рожство́ (rožstvó)).

Morphologically, see род (rod), роди́ть (rodítʹ) + -ство (-stvo).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [rəʐdʲɪstˈvo]
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Proper noun edit

Рождество́ (Roždestvón inan (genitive Рождества́, relational adjective рожде́ственский) (singular only)

  1. Christmas (lit., the Birth)
    с Рождество́мs Roždestvómmerry Christmas

Declension edit

Descendants edit

References edit

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “Рождество”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Church Slavonic рождьство (roždĭstvo), from Proto-Slavic *roďьstvo.

Proper noun edit

Рождество n (Latin spelling Roždestvo)

  1. Christmas
    Synonym: Бо̀жић