сповѣданьє

Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

• споведа́нье (spovedánʹje), споведа́ние (spovedánije)

Etymology

Cognate with Russian испове́дание (ispovédanije).

Noun

сповѣданьє • (spovědanʹje) n inan

1. (religion) verbal noun of сповѣда́ти impf (spovědáti): confession, profession (declaration of belief in the principles of a religion)

Descendants

• Belarusian: спавяда́нне (spavjadánnje)
• Ukrainian: сповіда́ння (spovidánnja)

Further reading

• Bulyka, A. M., editor (2012), “споведанье, споведание”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы (in Belarusian), numbers 32 (смыковати – струмень), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 161