православный

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic православьнъ (pravoslavĭnŭ), in turn a calque of Ancient Greek ὀρθόδοξος (orthódoxos).[1] By surface analysis, пра́вый (právyj, right, correct) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ сла́ва (sláva, glory, glorification; (general) opinion) +‎ -ный (-nyj).

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Adjective

правосла́вный (pravoslávnyj)

  1. (religion) Orthodox

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Noun

правосла́вный (pravoslávnyjm anim (genitive правосла́вного, nominative plural правосла́вные, genitive plural правосла́вных, feminine правосла́вная)

  1. (religion) an Orthodox (an Orthodox Christian person)

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References

  1. ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “православный”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress