первосвященник
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Russian
Etymology
пе́рвый (pérvyj) + -о- (-o-) + свяще́нник (svjaščénnik)
Pronunciation
Noun
первосвяще́нник • (pervosvjaščénnik) m anim (genitive первосвяще́нника, nominative plural первосвяще́нники, genitive plural первосвяще́нников)
- high priest
- 1973, Михаил Булгаков, “Глава II. Понтий Пилат”, in Мастер и Маргарита; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., Master and Margarita, London: Penguin Books, 1997:
- Пилат мёртвыми глазами посмотрел на первосвященника и, оскалившись, изобразил улыбку.
- Pilat mjórtvymi glazami posmotrel na pervosvjaščennika i, oskalivšisʹ, izobrazil ulybku.
- Pilate looked at the high priest with dead eyes and, baring his teeth, produced a smile.
Declension
Declension of первосвяще́нник (anim masc-form velar-stem accent-a)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | первосвяще́нник pervosvjaščénnik |
первосвяще́нники pervosvjaščénniki |
| genitive | первосвяще́нника pervosvjaščénnika |
первосвяще́нников pervosvjaščénnikov |
| dative | первосвяще́ннику pervosvjaščénniku |
первосвяще́нникам pervosvjaščénnikam |
| accusative | первосвяще́нника pervosvjaščénnika |
первосвяще́нников pervosvjaščénnikov |
| instrumental | первосвяще́нником pervosvjaščénnikom |
первосвяще́нниками pervosvjaščénnikami |
| prepositional | первосвяще́ннике pervosvjaščénnike |
первосвяще́нниках pervosvjaščénnikax |
See also
- волхв (volxv) (high priest in some Slavic neopagan groups)