апостол

Macedonian

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀπόστολος (apóstolos, one sent forth, apostle).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈapɔstɔɫ]
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Noun

апостол • (apostol) m (relational adjective апостолски)

  1. apostle

Declension

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic апостолъ (apostolŭ), from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓πόστολος (apóstolos), from ἀποστέλλω (apostéllō, I send off), from ἀπό- (apó-, from) and στέλλω (stéllō, I set).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɐˈpostəɫ]
  • (file)

Noun

апо́стол • (apóstol) m anim (genitive апо́стола, nominative plural апо́столы, genitive plural апо́столов)

  1. apostle

Declension

Descendants

  • Ingrian: aposteli

References

  1. Shansky, N. M. (1963) “апостол”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, number 1 (А), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 129
  2. Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “апостол”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ǎpostol/
  • Hyphenation: а‧по‧стол

Noun

а̀постол m (Latin spelling àpostol)

  1. apostle

Declension

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic апостолъ (apostolŭ), from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓πόστολος (apóstolos), from ἀποστέλλω (apostéllō, I send off), from ἀπό- (apó-, from) and στέλλω (stéllō, I set).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɐˈpɔstɔɫ]
  • (file)

Noun

апо́стол • (apóstol) m pers (genitive апо́стола, nominative plural апо́столи, genitive plural апо́столів, relational adjective апо́стольський or апо́столівський)

  1. Apostle
  2. apostle

Declension

References

  1. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “апостол”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 80

Further reading

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