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Bulgarian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Church Slavonic ангелъ (angelŭ), from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos).
Pronunciation
Noun
а́нгел • (ángel) m (relational adjective а́нгелски, diminutive а́нгелче)
- angel
Declension
References
- “ангел”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “ангел”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “а̀нгел”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 11
- “ангел”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 27
Anagrams
Macedonian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos).
Pronunciation
Noun
ангел • (angel) m (relational adjective ангелски, diminutive ангелче)
- angel
Declension
Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos). Doublet of а́ггел (ággel).
Pronunciation
Noun
а́нгел • (ángel) m anim (genitive а́нгела, nominative plural а́нгелы, genitive plural а́нгелов, diminutive ангело́к)
- angel
- an innocent
- dear, darling
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
See also
Ukrainian
- я́нгол (jánhol) (colloquial, regional)
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos).
Pronunciation
Noun
а́нгел • (ánhel) m pers (genitive а́нгела, nominative plural а́нгели, genitive plural а́нгелів, relational adjective а́нгельський)
- angel
- a defender, a guardian
- a beautiful person
Declension
Declension of а́нгел (pers hard masc-form accent-a)
References
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “ангел”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- “ангел”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “ангел”, 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