библия

See also: Библия and Біблія

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin biblia or directly from Ancient Greek βιβλία (biblía, “books”), ultimately from βίβλος (bíblos, “book”), a variant of βύβλος (búblos, “papyrus”). The word is derived from the name of the Phoenician city Byblos, which was known for exporting papyri in ancient times.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbiblijɐ]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

би́блия • (bíblija) f

1. Bible (the sacred texts of the Christians)
2. bible (comprehensive manual)

Declension

Declension of би́блия

	singular	plural
indefinite	би́блия bíblija	би́блии bíblii
definite	би́блията bíblijata	би́блиите bíbliite

Related terms

• библиотека (biblioteka, “library”)
• библейски (biblejski, “depicted in the Bible”)

Russian

Alternative forms

• би́блія (bíblija) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

First attested 1499. Borrowed from Latin biblia, from Ancient Greek βιβλία (biblía, “books”), ultimately from Ancient Greek βίβλος (bíblos, “book”), a variant of Ancient Greek βύβλος (búblos, “papyrus”). The word is derived from the name of the Phoenician city Byblos, which was known for exporting papyri in ancient times.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbʲiblʲɪjə]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

би́блия • (bíblija) f inan (genitive би́блии, nominative plural би́блии, genitive plural би́блий, relational adjective библе́йский)

1. Bible

   Synonyms: Би́блия (Bíblija), Свяще́нное Писа́ние (Svjaščénnoje Pisánije), Писа́ние (Pisánije)

2. bible

Declension

Declension of би́блия (inan fem-form i-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	би́блия bíblija	би́блии bíblii
genitive	би́блии bíblii	би́блий bíblij
dative	би́блии bíblii	би́блиям bíblijam
accusative	би́блию bíbliju	би́блии bíblii
instrumental	би́блией, би́блиею bíblijej, bíblijeju	би́блиями bíblijami
prepositional	би́блии bíblii	би́блиях bíblijax

Related terms

Borrowed

• библиогра́фия f (bibliográfija)
• библиоте́ка f (bibliotéka)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “библия”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “библия”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 88
• Shansky, N. M. (1965) “библия”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, number 2 (Б), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 116
• Anikin, A. E. (2009) “библия”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 3 (бе – болдыхать), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 173