родноверие

Russian

Alternative forms

• Роднове́рие (Rodnovérije)

Etymology

From род (rod, “people”) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ ве́ра (véra, “faith”) +‎ -ие (-ije, suffix forming abstract nouns). Compare Ukrainian ріднові́р'я (ridnovírʺja).

The earliest usage of this term was in 1964 by the Ukrainian emigree Lev Sylenko. The standard, non-compound form of this word was adopted in 1997 by the Union of Slavic Native Belief Communities, while the portmanteau itself was popularised in 1999 by the volkhv Veleslav.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rədnɐˈvʲerʲɪje]

Noun

роднове́рие • (rodnovérije) n inan (genitive роднове́рия, uncountable)

1. (religion, paganism) Slavic neopaganism.

Declension

Declension of роднове́рие (inan sg-only neut-form i-stem accent-a) 

	singular
nominative	роднове́рие rodnovérije
genitive	роднове́рия rodnovérija
dative	роднове́рию rodnovériju
accusative	роднове́рие rodnovérije
instrumental	роднове́рием rodnovérijem
prepositional	роднове́рии rodnovérii

Synonyms

• ве́ра славя́н (véra slavján)
• родна́я ве́ра (rodnája véra)
• родове́рие (rodovérije)
• родобожие (rodobožije)
• правосла́вие (pravoslávije) (also used by Slavic pagans)
• славя́нская ве́ра (slavjánskaja véra)
• славя́нское неоязы́чество (slavjánskoje neojazýčestvo) (technical term)
• долбосла́вие (dolboslávije) (slang, derogatory)

Coordinate terms

• язы́чество (jazýčestvo, “paganism”)
• инглии́зм (ingliízm, “Ynglism, a Slavic neopagan sect”)

Derived terms

• роднове́р (rodnovér, “a Rodnover, a follower of Slavic neopaganism”)

Descendants

• English: Rodnovery
• French: rodnovérie
• German: Rodnowerei