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Bulgarian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Church Slavonic мощи pl (mošti), the plural of мощь (moštĭ, “power”). Probably a calque of Byzantine Greek δυνάμεις (dunámeis, “powers, manifestations of sainthood/divinity”).
Noun
мощи • (mošti) f pl
- (plural only) relics (remnants of a saint's body)
Declension
Declension of мо́щи
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plural
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| indefinite
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мо́щи
móšti
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| definite
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мо́щите
móštite
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References
- “мощи”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “мощи”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “мощи”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 270
- “мощи”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2024
Old Church Slavonic
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *moťi, from Proto-Indo-European *megʰ- (“be able, capable”). Cognate with English may, Sanskrit मघ (magha, “power”), Persian مغ (“Zoroastrian priest”), Old High German mugan (“be able”).
Verb
мощи • (mošti) pf
- to be able
Conjugation
Derived terms
Noun
мощи • (mošti) f plural of мошть (moštĭ)
- (religion) relics
- from the Homily against the Bogumils, 2919-1921:
да бѫдетъ проклѧтъ иже свѧтꙑихъ вьсѣхъ не чьтетъ ни кланꙗѥтъ сѧ съ любъвиѭ мощемъ ихъ- da bǫdetŭ proklętŭ iže svętyixŭ vĭsěxŭ ne čĭtetŭ ni klanjajetŭ sę sŭ ljubŭvijǫ moštemŭ ixŭ
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
References
- Бояджиев, Андрей (2016) Старобългарска читанка, София
Further reading
Russian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic мощи (mošti), plural of мошть (moštĭ), from Proto-Slavic *mogťi. Cognate to мощь (moščʹ), мочь (močʹ).
Noun
мо́щи • (móšči) m inan pl (genitive моще́й, plural only)
- (religion) relics
Declension
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plural
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| nominative
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мо́щи
móšči
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| genitive
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моще́й
moščéj
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| dative
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моща́м
moščám
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| accusative
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мо́щи
móšči
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| instrumental
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моща́ми
moščámi
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| prepositional
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моща́х
moščáx
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Etymology 2
Noun
мо́щи • (móšči) f inan
- genitive/dative/prepositional singular of мощь (moščʹ)