archangel
See also: Archangel
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English archangel, from Old French archangele, from Latin archangelus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχάγγελος (arkhángelos) from Ancient Greek prefix ἀρχι- (arkhi-) + ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger”). Surface analysis arch- + angel.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
archangel (plural archangels)
- A powerful angel that leads many other angels, but is still loyal to a deity, and often seen as belonging to a particular archangelical rank or order within a greater hierarchy of angels. (Judeo-Christian examples: Gabriel, Michael, Raphael, Uriel).
- Synonym of angelica (“the garden herb”)
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
angel who leads other angels
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WelshEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle Welsh archangel, from Proto-Brythonic *arxangel, a borrowing from Latin archangelus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχάγγελος (arkhángelos). Equivalent to arch- + angel (“angel”). Cognate with Breton arc'hael.
PronunciationEdit
- (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /arˈχaŋɛl/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /arˈχaŋal/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /arˈχaŋɛl/
NounEdit
archangel m (plural archangylion)
MutationEdit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
archangel | unchanged | unchanged | harchangel |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |