Алеѯандръ

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

• Алєѯандръ (Aleksandrŭ)

Etymology

Ancient Greek Ἀλέξᾰνδρος (Aléxandros)

Proper noun

Алеѯандръ • (Aleksandrŭ) m

1. 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·

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   • 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.” […]

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Bulgarian: Александър (Aleksandǎr)
• Macedonian: Александар (Aleksandar)
• → Czech: Alexandr
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: Александар

  Latin script: Aleksandar

• → Slovak: Alexander
• → Old East Slavic: Олександръ (Oleksandrŭ)
  • Belarusian: Аляксандр (Aljaksandr)
  • Ukrainian: Олександр (Oleksandr)
• → Russian: Александр (Aleksandr)
  • → Ingrian: Oleksandra
  • → Latvian: Aleksandrs
  • → Mongolian: Александр (Aleksandr)
• → Ukrainian: Александр (Aleksandr)