великомъченик

Bulgarian

Alternative forms

• великому́ченик (velikomúčenik)

Etymology

Adapted from Russian великому́ченик (velikomúčenik), itself a calque of Ancient Greek μεγαλομάρτυς (megalomártus).

The alternative form великому́ченик (velikomúčenik) may have been the original Bulgarian form, in which case this alternative form was the one borrowed from Russian and was then adapted to the current form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vɛlikomɐt͡ʃɛˈnik]

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• Hyphenation^(key): ве‧ли‧ко‧мъ‧че‧ник
• Rhymes: -ik

Noun

великомъчени́к • (velikomǎčeník) m (feminine великомъчени́ца)

1. (Eastern Orthodoxy) great martyr

Declension

Declension of великомъчени́к

	singular	plural
indefinite	великомъчени́к velikomǎčeník	великомъчени́ци velikomǎčeníci
definite (subject form)	великомъчени́кът velikomǎčeníkǎt	великомъчени́ците velikomǎčenícite
definite (object form)	великомъчени́ка velikomǎčeníka
vocative form	великомъчени́ко velikomǎčeníko	великомъчени́ци velikomǎčeníci

References

• “великомъченик”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “великомъченик”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• “великомъченик”, in Български тълковен речник (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 90