родноверие

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From род (rod, people) + -о- (-o-) + ве́ра (véra, faith) + -ие (-ije, suffix forming abstract nouns). Compare Ukrainian ріднові́р'я (ridnovírʺja).

The earliest usage of this term was in 1964 by the Ukrainian emigree Lev Sylenko. The standard, non-compound form of this word was adopted in 1997 by the Union of Slavic Native Belief Communities, while the portmanteau itself was popularised in 1999 by the volkhv Veleslav.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [rədnɐˈvʲerʲɪje]

Noun

роднове́рие • (rodnovérije) n inan (genitive роднове́рия, uncountable)

  1. (religion, paganism) Slavic neopaganism.

Declension

Synonyms

  • ве́ра славя́н (véra slavján)
  • родна́я ве́ра (rodnája véra)
  • родове́рие (rodovérije)
  • родобожие (rodobožije)
  • правосла́вие (pravoslávije) (also used by Slavic pagans)
  • славя́нская ве́ра (slavjánskaja véra)
  • славя́нское неоязы́чество (slavjánskoje neojazýčestvo) (technical term)
  • долбосла́вие (dolboslávije) (slang, derogatory)

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Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: Rodnovery
  • French: rodnovérie
  • German: Rodnowerei
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