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Etymology edit

Inherited from Old East Slavic месия (mesija), from Old Church Slavonic месиꙗ (mesija), from Ancient Greek Μεσσίας (Messías), from Aramaic ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ (məšīḥā), from Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšîaḥ, anointed).[1]

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Noun edit

месі́я (mesíjam pers (genitive месі́ї, nominative plural месі́ї, genitive plural месі́й)

  1. messiah

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References edit

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “месія”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka

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