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Old Church Slavonic
- Glagolitic: ⰳⱃⱑⱈⱏ (grěxŭ)
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *grěxъ, probably from verb *gorěti (Old Church Slavonic горѣти (gorěti, “to burn”)), with the original meaning "fire of conscience".
Noun
грѣхъ • (grěxŭ) m
- sin
- from the Homily against the Bogumils, 1218-1222:
такъ бо ѥстъ обꙑчаи диꙗволоу и ослѣплꙗѥтъ очи и оумалꙗѥтъ грѣхъ да творѧщеи зълаꙗ мьнѧтъ сѧ не творѧщеи зъла ничесоже- takŭ bo jestŭ obyčai dijavolu i oslěpljajetŭ oči i umaljajetŭ grěxŭ da tvoręštei zŭlaja mĭnętŭ sę ne tvoręštei zŭla ničesože
- Such is the habit of the devil; he blinds the eyes and shrinks sin, so that those who do evil think they are doing nothing wrong.
- from the Homily against the Bogumils, 1836-1838:
исповѣдаите дроугъ дроугоу грѣхꙑ и молите дроугъ за дроуга ꙗко да ицѣлѣѥте- ispovědaite drugŭ drugu grěxy i molite drugŭ za druga jako da icělějete
- confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed
Declension
Declension of грѣхъ (o-stem)
Descendants
- → Old Komi: 𐍚𐍠𐍔𐍚𐍐 (kreka)
Russian
Noun
грѣхъ • (grěx) m inan (genitive грѣха́, nominative plural грѣхи́, genitive plural грѣхо́въ)
- Pre-1918 spelling of грех (grex).
Declension