сꙑнъ чловѣчьскъ

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

• ⱄⱏⰺⱀⱏ ⱍⰾⱁⰲⱑⱍⱐⱄⰽⱏ (synŭ člověčĭskŭ) — Glagolitic
• ⱄⱀ҃ⱏ ⱍⰾ҃ⰲⱍⱄⰽⱏ (sn:ŭ čl:včskŭ) — Glagolitic, abbreviation
• сн҃ъ чл҃вчскъ (sn:ŭ čl:včskŭ) — abbreviation

Etymology

Calque of Ancient Greek ὁ υἱός τοῦ ᾰ̓νθρώπου (ho huiós toû anthrṓpou). Compare Macedonian Син Човечки (Sin Čovečki), Slovene Sin Človeški.

Noun

сꙑнъ чловѣчьскъ • (synŭ člověčĭskŭ) m

1. (Christianity, theology) Son of Man

   Synonym: сꙑнъ чловѣчь (synŭ člověčĭ)

   • 11th century, Codex Marianus (in Glagolitic), Gospel of Matthew 8:20:

     гл҃а емоу ис҃ъ · лиси ѣзвины имѫтъ · ꙇ птицѧ н҃бскыѩ гнѣзда ·а сн҃ъ чл҃вчскꙑ не иматъ къде главы подъклонити ·

     [Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”]

     Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

Used as translation of Ancient Greek ὁ υἱός τοῦ ᾰ̓νθρώπου (ho huiós toû anthrṓpou), Latin Filius hominis.

References

“сꙑнъ1”, in GORAZD (overall work in Czech, English, and Russian), http://gorazd.org, 2016—2024