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Belarusian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Ruthenian набожный (nabožnyj). Cognate with Russian на́божный (nábožnyj).
Pronunciation
Adjective
набо́жны • (nabóžny) (adverb набо́жна, abstract noun набо́жнасць)
- pious, devout, religious (devoted to religion and acting with obedience to the rules established by a deity)
- Synonym: пра́ведны (právjedny)
- Antonym: бязбо́жны (bjazbóžny)
1931 [1921], Jaroslav Hašek, translated by Міхась Зарэцкі, У тыле (Прыгоды ўдалага ваякі Швэйка; 1), Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka za světové války (in Czech), page 191; English translation from Cecil Parrott, transl., The Good Soldier Švejk and His Fortunes in the World War, 1973:Са сваёй тупасьцю палкоўнік быў надзвычайна набожны. У яго кватэры быў хатні алтар, і палкоўнік часта хадзіў на споведзь і прычасьце ў касьцёл Ігнаца, а па абвяшчэньні вайны шчыра маліўся за ўдачу аўстрыскага і нямецкага войска.- Sa svajój tupasʹcju palkóŭnik byŭ nadzvyčajna nabóžny. U jahó kvatery byŭ xatni altar, i palkóŭnik časta xadziŭ na spóvjedzʹ i pryčasʹcje ŭ kasʹcjól Ihnaca, a pa abvjaščenʹni vajny ščyra maliŭsja za ŭdaču aŭstryskaha i njamjeckaha vójska.
- With all his stupidity he was immensely pious. In his apartment he had a house altar. He often went to the church of St Ignatius for confession and communion and after the outbreak of the war prayed for the success of the Austrian and German arms.
Declension
Declension of набо́жны (hard)
References
- Bulyka, A. M., editor (1999), “набожный”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 18 (местце – надзовати), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 291
- “набожны”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
- “набожны” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org