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Bulgarian
Etymology
Adapted from Russian великому́ченик (velikomúčenik), itself a calque of Ancient Greek μεγαλομάρτυς (megalomártus).
The alternative form великому́ченик (velikomúčenik) may have been the original Bulgarian form, in which case this alternative form was the one borrowed from Russian and was then adapted to the current form.
Pronunciation
Noun
великомъчени́к • (velikomǎčeník) m (feminine великомъчени́ца)
- (Eastern Orthodoxy) great martyr
Declension
References
- “великомъченик”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “великомъченик”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- “великомъченик”, in Български тълковен речник (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 90