ангелъ

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos).

Noun

анг҄елъ • (angʹelŭ) m

1. angel
2. messenger

Declension

Declension of ангелъ (o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	анг҄елъ angʹelŭ	анг҄ела angʹela	анг҄ели angʹeli
genitive	анг҄ела angʹela	анг҄елоу angʹelu	анг҄елъ angʹelŭ
dative	анг҄елоу, анг҄елови angʹelu, angʹelovi	анг҄елома angʹeloma	анг҄еломъ angʹelomŭ
accusative	анг҄елъ, анг҄ела angʹelŭ, angʹela	анг҄ела angʹela	анг҄елꙑ angʹely
instrumental	анг҄еломъ angʹelomŭ	анг҄елома angʹeloma	анг҄елꙑ angʹely
locative	анг҄елѣ angʹelě	анг҄елоу angʹelu	анг҄елѣхъ angʹelěxŭ
vocative	анг҄еле angʹele	анг҄ела angʹela	анг҄ели angʹeli

Alternative forms

• агг҄елъ (aggʹelŭ)
• анъг҄елъ (anŭgʹelŭ)
• анꙉелъ (anđelŭ)
• анъꙉелъ (anŭđelŭ)
• ан҃г (an:g) (abbreviation)
• аг҃гл (ag:gl) (abbreviation)

Derived terms

• анг҄еловъ (angʹelovŭ)
• анг҄елозрачьнъ (angʹelozračĭnŭ)
• анг҄елообразьнъ (angʹeloobrazĭnŭ)
• анг҄ельскъ (angʹelĭskŭ)
• арханг҄елъ (arxangʹelŭ)
• арханг҄ельскъ (arxangʹelĭskŭ)
• равьноанг҄елъ (ravĭnoangʹelŭ)

 

Descendants

• Bulgarian: ангел (angel)
• → Macedonian: ангел (angel)
• → Czech: anděl
• → Russian: а́нгел (ángel), а́нгелъ (ángel) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
  • → Ingrian: ängeli
  • → Moksha: анголь (angoľ)
  • → Lithuanian: ángelas
  • → Skolt Sami: aʹŋǧǧel
  • → Votic: angeli
• → Serbo-Croatian:
  • Cyrillic script: анђео
  • Latin script: anđeo
• → Slovak: anjel

Further reading

• “ангелъ”, in GORAZD (overall work in Czech, English, and Russian), http://gorazd.org, 2016—2024