агнец
Bulgarian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *agnьcь. Akin to а́гне (ágne).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
а́гнец or агне́ц • (ágnec or agnéc) m
- large lamb
- Paschal Lamb, Lamb of God (Jesus Christ portrayed as a sacrifice)
- sacrificial lamb
- Agnus Dei (a litgurgical symbol depicting a lamb and a cross)
- (figurative, liturgical) metaphor for bread as the embodiment of the body of Christ during transubstantiation
Declension edit
Declension of а́гнец
Declension of агне́ц
Related terms edit
- а́гне (ágne)
References edit
- “агнец”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “агнец”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- “агнец”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 18
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971–2017), “а̀гне”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1–8, Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House
Russian edit
Alternative forms edit
- а́гнецъ (ágnec) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic агньць (agnĭcĭ), from Proto-Slavic *agnьcь, a derivative of *àgnę; eventually from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷn-. Compare native ягнёнок (jagnjónok).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
а́гнец • (ágnec) m anim (genitive а́гнца, nominative plural а́гнцы, genitive plural а́гнцев)