православїє

Old Ruthenian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic православие (pravoslavije), from Old Church Slavonic православиѥ (pravoslavije), a calque of Ancient Greek ὀρθοδοξῐ́ᾱ (orthodoxíā). By surface analysis, правый (pravyj) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ слава (slava) +‎ -їє (-ije).

Noun

правосла́вїє • (pravoslávije) n inan

1. (Christianity) Orthodoxy

Related terms

• православникъ (pravoslavnik)
• православно (pravoslavno)
• православный (pravoslavnyj)

 

Descendants

• Belarusian: правасла́ўе (pravasláŭje)
• Carpathian Rusyn: правосла́віє (pravoslávije)
• Ukrainian: правосла́в'я (pravoslávʺja), правосла́віє (pravoslávije)

Further reading

• Bulyka, A. M., editor (2007), “православие”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 27 (поровенъ – прегрешити), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 463