священный

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic свѧщеньнъ (svęštenĭnŭ). By surface analysis, святи́ть (svjatítʹ) +‎ -енный (-ennyj). Doublet of свячёный (svjačónyj).

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Adjective

свяще́нный (svjaščénnyj) (comparative (по)свяще́ннее or (по)свяще́нней)

  1. sacred, holy

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