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Ukrainian
Etymology
From хрещ(е́ний) (xrešč(ényj)) + -еник (-enyk). Compare Russian кре́стник (kréstnik), Belarusian хрэ́снік (xrésnik), Polish chrześniak.
Pronunciation
Noun
хреще́ник • (xreščényk) m pers (genitive хреще́ника, nominative plural хреще́ники, genitive plural хреще́ників, female equivalent хреще́ниця)
- godson (male child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent)
- Synonyms: хреще́ний син m (xreščényj syn), похре́сник m (poxrésnyk), (rare) хрище́ник m (xryščényk)
- godchild (child of unspecified sex whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent)
Declension
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “хрещеник”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “хрещеник”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “хрещеник”, in English–Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “хрещеник”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “хрещеник”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)