библия
Bulgarian
editEtymology
editBorrowed 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
editNoun
editби́блия • (bíblija) f
Declension
editRelated terms
edit- библиотека (biblioteka, “library”)
- библейски (biblejski, “depicted in the Bible”)
Russian
editAlternative forms
edit- би́блія (bíblija) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Etymology
editFirst 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
editNoun
editби́блия • (bíblija) f inan (genitive би́блии, nominative plural би́блии, genitive plural би́блий, relational adjective библе́йский)
- Bible
- Synonyms: Би́блия (Bíblija), Свяще́нное Писа́ние (Svjaščénnoje Pisánije), Писа́ние (Pisánije)
- bible
Declension
editReferences
edit- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “библия”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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