вівтар

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Ukrainian

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic олътарь (olŭtarĭ), ultimately from Latin altāre. Compare Romanian oltar, Russian алта́рь (altárʹ), dialectal волтарь (voltarʹ), Serbo-Croatian о̀лта̄р, Slovene oltár.

Pronunciation

  • вівта́р: IPA(key):
  • ві́втар: IPA(key):
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Noun

ві́втар or вівта́р (vívtar or vivtárm inan (genitive ві́втаря or вівтаря́, nominative plural ві́втарі or вівтарі́, genitive plural ві́втарів or вівтарі́в, relational adjective ві́втарний or вівта́рний)

  1. altar
  2. chancel

Declension

References

  1. ^ Rudnyc'kyj, Ja. (1962–1972) “вівтар”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language, volumes 1 (А – Ґ), Winnipeg: Ukrainian Free Academy of Sciences, →LCCN, page 408