See also: bībele, bībelē, and Bībelē

Latvian edit

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Bībele

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek βιβλία (biblía, books), plural of βιβλίον (biblíon, small book), originally a diminutive of βίβλος (bíblos, book), from βύβλος (búblos, papyrus) (from the ancient Phoenician city of Byblos which exported this writing material).

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)

Proper noun edit

Bībele f (5th declension)

  1. the Bible, the Christian holy book
  2. (cf. bībele) a bible, a copy of the Bible

Declension edit