ікона
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Ікона Пресвятої Богородиці Вірменської
See also: икона
Belarusian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic икона (ikona), from Greek εικόνα (eikóna), from Ancient Greek εἰκών (eikṓn).
Pronunciation
Noun
іко́на • (ikóna) f inan (genitive іко́ны, nominative plural іко́ны, genitive plural іко́н)
- (religion) icon (sacred image)
- Synonym: абра́з m (abráz)
- (figuratively, by extension) icon (exemplary person or thing)
Declension
Declension of іко́на (inan hard fem-form accent-a)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | іко́на ikóna |
іко́ны ikóny |
| genitive | іко́ны ikóny |
іко́н ikón |
| dative | іко́не ikónje |
іко́нам ikónam |
| accusative | іко́ну ikónu |
іко́ны ikóny |
| instrumental | іко́най, іко́наю ikónaj, ikónaju |
іко́намі ikónami |
| locative | іко́не ikónje |
іко́нах ikónax |
| count form | — | іко́ны1 ikóny1 |
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
Further reading
- “ікона” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
Ukrainian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic икона (ikona), from Greek εικόνα (eikóna), from Ancient Greek εἰκών (eikṓn).
Pronunciation
Noun
іко́на • (ikóna) f inan (genitive іко́ни, nominative plural іко́ни, genitive plural іко́н, relational adjective іко́нний)
- (religion) icon (sacred image)
- Synonym: о́браз m (óbraz)
- (figuratively, by extension) icon (exemplary person or thing)
Declension
Declension of іко́на (inan hard fem-form accent-a)
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “ікона”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- “ікона”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “ікона”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)