чудотворец

Bulgarian

Alternative forms

  • чюдотво́рьць (čjudotvórec) [17th c.]

Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic чоудотворьць (čudotvorĭcĭ), a calque of Ancient Greek θαυματουργός (thaumatourgós). Equivalent to чу́до (čúdo, miracle) + творе́ц (tvoréc, doer, maker).

Compare Russian чудотворец (čudotvorec) and Serbo-Croatian чудотворац.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ʃo̟dotˈvɔrɛt͡s]
  • Hyphenation(key): чу‧дот‧во‧рец

Noun

чудотво́рец • (čudotvórec) m

  1. (religion) wonderworker, thaumaturge - one who performs miracles (epithet of a saint)
    Synonym: чудоде́ец (čudodéec)
    Това́ е ико́на на свети́ Никола́й Чудотво́рец.
    Tová e ikóna na svetí Nikoláj Čudotvórec.
    This is an icon of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker.
  2. (figurative) miracle worker

Declension

References

  • чудотворец”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • чудотворец”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Ivanova-Mirčeva, D., editor (2009), “чоудотворьць”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Church Slavonic Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Sofia: Valentin Trajanov, page 1209

Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ʃuˈdɔtvɔɾɛt͡s]
  • IPA(key): [t͡ʃudɔˈtvɔɾɛt͡s] (nonstandard, common)

Noun

чудотворец • (čudotvorec) m

  1. miracle worker

Declension

Russian

Etymology

чу́до (čúdo) + творе́ц (tvoréc)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕʊdɐtˈvorʲɪt͡s]

Noun

чудотво́рец • (čudotvórec) m anim (genitive чудотво́рца, nominative plural чудотво́рцы, genitive plural чудотво́рцев)

  1. miracle worker

Declension

Derived terms

  • лжечудотво́рец (lžečudotvórec)
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