епархия
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Bulgarian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Church Slavonic єпархиꙗ (eparxija), derived from Ancient Greek ἐπαρχία (eparkhía).
Pronunciation
Noun
епа́рхия • (epárhija) f
- diocese (region administered by a bishop)
Declension
Declension of епа́рхия
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | епа́рхия epárhija |
епа́рхии epárhii |
| definite | епа́рхията epárhijata |
епа́рхиите epárhiite |
Related terms
- епа́рх (epárh, “head of diocese, bishop”)
References
- “епархия”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
Russian
Alternative forms
- епа́рхія (jepárxija) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic єпархиꙗ (eparxija), borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπαρχία (eparkhía).
Pronunciation
Noun
епа́рхия • (jepárxija) f inan (genitive епа́рхии, nominative plural епа́рхии, genitive plural епа́рхий, relational adjective епархиа́льный)
Declension
Declension of епа́рхия (inan fem-form i-stem accent-a)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | епа́рхия jepárxija |
епа́рхии jepárxii |
| genitive | епа́рхии jepárxii |
епа́рхий jepárxij |
| dative | епа́рхии jepárxii |
епа́рхиям jepárxijam |
| accusative | епа́рхию jepárxiju |
епа́рхии jepárxii |
| instrumental | епа́рхией, епа́рхиею jepárxijej, jepárxijeju |
епа́рхиями jepárxijami |
| prepositional | епа́рхии jepárxii |
епа́рхиях jepárxijax |
Related terms
- епи́скоп (jepískop)