свещен

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Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic свѧщеньнъ (svęštenĭnŭ). Compare Russian священный (svjaščennyj) and Ukrainian священний (svjaščennyj), which borrowed the Old Church Slavonic term.

Pronunciation

Adjective

свеще́н (sveštén) (abstract noun свеще́ност)

  1. (religion) sacred, holy
    Synonym: сакра́лен (sakrálen)
  2. (figurative) highly treasured or revered
    Synonyms: свят (svjat), скъп (skǎp), съкрове́н (sǎkrovén)
  3. (figurative) sacred (of duty, ideals, etc)
  4. (figurative) sacrosanct, inviolable
    Synonyms: неприкоснове́н (neprikosnovén), неотмени́м (neotmením), неизме́нен (neizménen)

Declension

References

  • свещен”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • свещен”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010