Алеѯандръ
Old Church Slavonic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- Алєѯандръ (Aleksandrŭ)
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξᾰνδρος (Aléxăndros).
Proper noun
[edit]Алеѯандръ • (Aleksandrŭ) m anim
- a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexander
- Ретъко, editor (1025±50?), “алеѯандръ”, in Codex Suprasliensis[1] (in Old Church Slavonic), pages (leaf) 79, line 29–30:
- алеѯандръ рече· азъ глаголѧ се не блѧдѫ· аште ли то тебе послоушаѭ·
- aleksandrŭ reče· azŭ glagolę se ne blędǫ· ašte li to tebe poslušajǫ·
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- Ретъко, editor (1025±50?), “алеѯандръ”, in Codex Suprasliensis[2] (in Old Church Slavonic), pages (leaf) 80.5, line 4–8:
- […] бѣа҅ше а҅леѯандръ хвалꙙ бога и҅ глагол҄ꙙ : цѣсароуѧи вь҆ вѣкꙑ богъ · сѣдꙙи҆ на херовимѣ · ѥ҅гоже хвалꙙтъ а҅гг҄ели и҅ а҅рꙿхагг҄ели · благословь҆ѭ̑ тꙙ а҅ꙁъ грѣшънъи҆ · а҅леѯандръ […]
- […] Alexander praised God and said: “God, ruling unto the aeons, sitting on the cherubim, whom angels and archangels praise, I, the sinning Alexander, bless you.” […]
- Ретъко, editor (1025±50?), “алеѯандръ”, in Codex Suprasliensis[1] (in Old Church Slavonic), pages (leaf) 79, line 29–30:
Declension
[edit]Declension of Алеѯандръ (o-stem)
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| nominative | Алеѯандръ Aleksandrŭ |
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| genitive | Алеѯандра Aleksandra |
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| dative | Алеѯандроу, Алеѯандрови Aleksandru, Aleksandrovi |
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| accusative | Алеѯандръ, Алеѯандра Aleksandrŭ, Aleksandra |
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| instrumental | Алеѯандромъ Aleksandromŭ |
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| locative | Алеѯандрѣ Aleksandrě |
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| vocative | Алеѯандре Aleksandre |
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Descendants
[edit]- Bulgarian: Александър (Aleksandǎr)
- Macedonian: Александар (Aleksandar)
- → Czech: Alexandr
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: Александар
- Latin script: Aleksandar
- → Slovak: Alexander
- → Old East Slavic: Олександръ (Oleksandrŭ)
- → Russian: Александр (Aleksandr)
- → Ingrian: Oleksandra
- → Latvian: Aleksandrs
- → Mongolian: Александр (Aleksandr)
- → Ukrainian: Александр (Aleksandr)
Further reading
[edit]- “Алеѯандръ”, in GORAZD (overall work in Czech, English, and Russian), http://gorazd.org, 2016—2025
Categories:
- Old Church Slavonic terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- Old Church Slavonic terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Old Church Slavonic lemmas
- Old Church Slavonic proper nouns
- Old Church Slavonic masculine nouns
- Old Church Slavonic animate nouns
- Old Church Slavonic given names
- Old Church Slavonic male given names
- Old Church Slavonic male given names from Ancient Greek
- Old Church Slavonic terms with quotations
- Old Church Slavonic hard o-stem nouns
- Old Church Slavonic hard masculine o-stem nouns
- Old Church Slavonic singularia tantum