агнец
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Bulgarian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *agnьcь. Akin to а́гне (ágne).
Pronunciation
Noun
а́гнец or агне́ц • (ágnec or agnéc) m
- large lamb
- Paschal Lamb, Lamb of God (Jesus Christ portrayed as a sacrifice)
- sacrificial lamb
- Agnus Dei (a litgurgical symbol depicting a lamb and a cross)
- (figurative, liturgical) metaphor for bread as the embodiment of the body of Christ during transubstantiation
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | а́гнец ágnec |
агънци́ agǎncí |
| definite (subject form) |
а́гнецът ágnecǎt |
агънци́те agǎncíte |
| definite (object form) |
а́гнеца ágneca | |
| count form | — | а́гнеца ágneca |
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | агне́ц agnéc |
агне́ци agnéci |
| definite (subject form) |
агне́цът agnécǎt |
агне́ците agnécite |
| definite (object form) |
агне́ца agnéca | |
| count form | — | агне́ца agnéca |
Related terms
- а́гне (ágne)
References
- “агнец”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “агнец”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- “агнец”, in Български тълковен речник (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 18
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971–2017), “а̀гне”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volumes 1–8, Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House
Russian
Alternative forms
- а́гнецъ (ágnec) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic агньць (agnĭcĭ), from Proto-Slavic *agnьcь, a derivative of *àgnę; eventually from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷn-. Compare native ягнёнок (jagnjónok).
Pronunciation
Noun
а́гнец • (ágnec) m anim (genitive а́гнца, nominative plural а́гнцы, genitive plural а́гнцев)
- (archaic, biblical) lamb
- Synonyms: (normal register) ягнёнок (jagnjónok), (colloquial) бара́шек (barášek)
- А́гнец Бо́жий ― Ágnec Bóžij ― Lamb of God
- (figurative) lamb (a meek, docile, innocent person)
- Synonym: ове́чка (ovéčka)
- (Christianity) the Lamb, the host (the portion of bread consecrated in the Eucharist)