культ
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Russian
Pronunciation
Noun
культ • (kulʹt) m inan (genitive ку́льта, nominative plural ку́льты, genitive plural ку́льтов, relational adjective ку́льтовый)
- cult, the social movement and practices associated with the admiration or worship of something
Usage notes
Культ in Russian refers to the practice of the admiration or worship of something. For the specific meaning of "a group of people having beliefs or practices regarded by others as strange or sinister," see се́кта.
Declension
Declension of культ (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a)
Ukrainian
Pronunciation
Noun
культ • (kulʹt) m inan (genitive ку́льту, nominative plural ку́льти, genitive plural ку́льтів)
- cult
- 1957, Нариси стародавньої історії УРСР, 495:
- Пережитком глибокої давнини є ведмежий культ, що процвітав у багатьох районах Русі аж до християнізації і навіть пізніше.
- Perežytkom hlybokoji davnyny je vedmežyj kulʹt, ščo procvitav u bahatʹox rajonax Rusi až do xrystyjanizaciji i navitʹ pizniše.
- A remnant of antiquity is a bear cult that has flourished in many areas of Rus until the Christianization, and even later.
- 1957, Нариси стародавньої історії УРСР, 495:
Declension
Declension of культ (inan hard masc-form accent-a)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | культ kulʹt |
ку́льти kúlʹty |
| genitive | ку́льту kúlʹtu |
ку́льтів kúlʹtiv |
| dative | ку́льтові, ку́льту kúlʹtovi, kúlʹtu |
ку́льтам kúlʹtam |
| accusative | культ kulʹt |
ку́льти kúlʹty |
| instrumental | ку́льтом kúlʹtom |
ку́льтами kúlʹtamy |
| locative | ку́льті kúlʹti |
ку́льтах kúlʹtax |
| vocative | ку́льте kúlʹte |
ку́льти kúlʹty |
References
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “культ”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka