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Ukrainian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ακάθιστος (akáthistos, “standing”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: ака‧фіст
Noun
ака́фіст • (akáfist) m inan (genitive ака́фіста, nominative plural ака́фісти, genitive plural ака́фістів)
- (religion) acathistus (Greek liturgical hymn in honor of Mary)
Declension
Declension of ака́фіст (inan hard masc-form accent-a)
Further reading
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “акафіст”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “акафіст”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- “акафіст”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “акафіст”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)
- “акафіст”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)