мощи

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See also: мошти

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic мощи pl (mošti), the plural of мощь (moštĭ, “power”). Probably a calque of Byzantine Greek δυνάμεις (dunámeis, “powers, manifestations of sainthood/divinity”).

Noun

мощи • (mošti) f pl

  1. (plural only) relics (remnants of a saint's body)

Declension

Declension of мо́щи
plural
indefinite мо́щи
móšti
definite мо́щите
móštite

References

  • “мощи”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “мощи”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “мощи”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 270
  • “мощи”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2024
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мощь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *moťi, from Proto-Indo-European *megʰ- (“be able, capable”). Cognate with English may, Sanskrit मघ (magha, “power”), Persian مغ (“Zoroastrian priest”), Old High German mugan (“be able”).

Verb

мощи • (mošti) pf

  1. to be able

Conjugation

Derived terms

Noun

мощи • (mošti) f plural of мошть (moštĭ)

  1. (religion) relics
    • from the Homily against the Bogumils, 2919-1921:
      да бѫдетъ проклѧтъ иже свѧтꙑихъ вьсѣхъ не чьтетъ ни кланꙗѥтъ сѧ съ любъвиѭ мощемъ ихъ
      da bǫdetŭ proklętŭ iže svętyixŭ vĭsěxŭ ne čĭtetŭ ni klanjajetŭ sę sŭ ljubŭvijǫ moštemŭ ixŭ
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

  • Бояджиев, Андрей (2016) Старобългарска читанка‎, София

Further reading

Russian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic мощи (mošti), plural of мошть (moštĭ), from Proto-Slavic *mogťi. Cognate to мощь (moščʹ), мочь (močʹ).

Noun

мо́щи • (móšči) m inan pl (genitive моще́й, plural only)

  1. (religion) relics
Declension
Declension of мо́щи (inan pl-only masc-form sibilant-stem accent-e) 
plural
nominative мо́щи
móšči
genitive моще́й
moščéj
dative моща́м
moščám
accusative мо́щи
móšči
instrumental моща́ми
moščámi
prepositional моща́х
moščáx
Derived terms
Phrases

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мощь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “мощи”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 546
  • Krylov, G. A. (2004) “мощи”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Victory, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Noun

мо́щи • (móšči) f inan

  1. genitive/dative/prepositional singular of мощь (moščʹ)
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