язичество
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See also: язычество
Ukrainian
Etymology
From язи́ч(ник) (jazýč(nyk)) + -ство (-stvo). Compare Russian язы́чество (jazýčestvo).
Pronunciation
Noun
язи́чество • (jazýčestvo) n inan (genitive язи́чества, uncountable, relational adjective язи́чеський)
- heathendom, heathenism, heathenry, paganism
- Synonyms: язи́чництво n (jazýčnyctvo), пога́нство n (pohánstvo)
Declension
Declension of язи́чество (inan sg-only hard neut-form accent-a)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | язи́чество jazýčestvo |
| genitive | язи́чества jazýčestva |
| dative | язи́честву jazýčestvu |
| accusative | язи́чество jazýčestvo |
| instrumental | язи́чеством jazýčestvom |
| locative | язи́честві jazýčestvi |
| vocative | язи́чество jazýčestvo |
Related terms
- язи́чник m (jazýčnyk), язи́чниця f (jazýčnycja)
- язи́чництво n (jazýčnyctvo)
- язи́чницький (jazýčnycʹkyj)
See also
- багатобо́жжя n (bahatobóžžja)
- політеї́зм m (politejízm)
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “язичество”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “язичество”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “язичество”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “язичество”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)