Bulgarian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic оусъпенѥ (usŭpenje).[1] Calque of Ancient Greek κοίμησις (τῆς Θεοτόκου) (koímēsis (tês Theotókou), Dormition (of the Mother of God)).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

успе́ние (uspénien

  1. death, death of a saint
  2. (in Eastern Orthodoxy) Dormition, Assumption

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References edit

  1. ^ Dimitrova-Todorova, L. D., Selimski, L. P., editors (2017), “успение”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 8 (тèсам – фя̀калка), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 658

Macedonian edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

успение (uspenien

  1. (Christianity) assumption

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Russian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old East Slavic усъпение (usŭpenie, falling asleep; a sleep; death; religious feast day). Calque of Ancient Greek κοίμησις (τῆς Θεοτόκου) (koímēsis (tês Theotókou), Dormition (of the Mother of God)). By surface analysis, у- (u-) +‎ спать (spatʹ, sleep) +‎ -е́ние (-énije, -tion).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

успе́ние (uspénijen inan (genitive успе́ния, nominative plural успе́ния, genitive plural успе́ний, relational adjective успе́нский)

  1. (in Eastern Orthodoxy) Dormition, Assumption

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