великомъченик

Bulgarian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Adapted from Russian великому́ченик (velikomúčenik), itself a calque of Ancient Greek μεγαλομάρτυς (megalomártus).

The alternative form великому́ченик (velikomúčenik) may have been the original Bulgarian form, in which case this alternative form was the one borrowed from Russian and was then adapted to the current form.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [vɛlikomɐt͡ʃɛˈnik]
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  • Hyphenation(key): ве‧ли‧ко‧мъ‧че‧ник
  • Rhymes: -ik

Noun

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великомъчени́к (velikomǎčeníkm (feminine великомъчени́ца)

  1. (Eastern Orthodoxy) great martyr

Declension

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References

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  • великомъченик”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • великомъченик”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • великомъченик”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 90