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Old Ruthenian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic православие (pravoslavije), from Old Church Slavonic православиѥ (pravoslavije), a calque of Ancient Greek ὀρθοδοξῐ́ᾱ (orthodoxíā). By surface analysis, правый (pravyj) + -о- (-o-) + слава (slava) + -їє (-ije).
Noun
правосла́вїє • (pravoslávije) n inan
- (Christianity) Orthodoxy
Descendants
Further reading
- Bulyka, A. M., editor (2007), “православие”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 27 (поровенъ – прегрешити), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 463