вѣчьнъ

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Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From вѣкъ (věkŭ) +‎ -ьнъ (-ĭnŭ), Proto-Slavic *věčьnъ.

Adjective

вѣчьнъ (věčĭnŭ)

  1. eternal
    • ⰲⱑⱍⱐⱀⱏⰹ”, in Kiev Missal (in Old Church Slavonic), 915±35?, page (leaf) 3, line 17:
      Ⱂⱃⱁⱄⰹⰿⱏ ⱅⱗ ⰲⱐⱄⰵⰿⱁⰳⱏⰹ^ ⰲⱑⱍⱐⱀⱏⰹ^ ⰱⰶ҃ⰵ · ⱂⱃⰹⰸⱐⱃⰹ ⱀⰰ ⰿⱁⰾⰹⱅⰲⱘ ⱀⰰⱎⱘ
      Prosimŭ tję vĭsemogy^ věčĭny^ bž:e · prizĭri na molitvǫ našǫ
      We beg you, almighty eternal God, look on our prayer
    • from Vita Constantini, 1800700-1800720:
      и ꙗкоже приближꙇи чась, да пакꙑ приметь и прѣставить се въ вѣчнаа жилища
      i jakože približii časĭ, da paky primetĭ i prěstavitĭ se vŭ věčnaa žilišta
      And when the hour to repose and remove to the eternal dwellings approached
  2. age-old, existing since always
  3. permanent, lasting, perpetual, existing until always
    • ⰲⱑⱍⱐⱀⱘⱙ (leaf 64, line 2)”, in Codex Zographensis [Глаг. 1]‎ (in Old Church Slavonic), National Library of Russia, 1000±33, page Mt:25:46:
      ꙇдѫтъ си въ мѫкѫ вѣчьнѫѭ
      idǫtŭ si vŭ mǫkǫ věčĭnǫjǫ
      these go to everlasting torment

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