христосоваться

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Russian

Etymology

Христо́с (Xristós, Christ) +‎ -овать (-ovatʹ) +‎ -ся (-sja)

Pronunciation

Verb

христо́соваться (xristósovatʹsjaimpf (perfective похристо́соваться)

  1. (Christianity, chiefly Eastern Orthodoxy) to exchange a triple kiss as an Easter salutation
    • 2018, Ива́н Са́вин (Iván Sávin), Трили́стник. Любо́вь сильне́е сме́рти. (Trilístnik. Ljubóvʹ silʹnéje smérti.) :
      Разговля́лись до́лго и ра́достно. Вы входи́ли по́зже всех, христо́совались с ма́мой, бра́тьями, со мно́й.
      Razgovljálisʹ dólgo i rádostno. Vy vxodíli pózže vsex, xristósovalisʹ s mámoj, brátʹjami, so mnój.
      They took time joyfully breaking their fast. You all came in later, exchanged three Easter kisses with mum, my brothers and me.

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Descendants

  • Ingrian: kristavoittaa