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успение

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Bulgarian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Church Slavonic оусъпенѥ (usŭpenje).[1] Calque of Ancient Greek κοίμησις (τῆς Θεοτόκου) (koímēsis (tês Theotókou), Dormition (of the Mother of God)).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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успе́ние (uspénien

  1. death, death of a saint
  2. (in Eastern Orthodoxy) Dormition, Assumption

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Dimitrova-Todorova, L. D., Selimski, L. P., editors (2017), “успение”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 8 (тèсам – фя̀калка), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 658

Macedonian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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успение (uspenien

  1. (Christianity) assumption

Declension

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Declension of успение
singular plural
indefinite успение (uspenie) успенија (uspenija)
definite unspecified успението (uspenieto) успенијата (uspenijata)
definite proximal успениево (uspenievo) успенијава (uspenijava)
definite distal успениено (uspenieno) успенијана (uspenijana)
vocative успение (uspenie) успенија (uspenija)

Russian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic усъпение (usŭpenije, falling asleep; a sleep; death; religious feast day). Calque of Ancient Greek κοίμησις (τῆς Θεοτόκου) (koímēsis (tês Theotókou), Dormition (of the Mother of God)). By surface analysis, у- (u-) +‎ спать (spatʹ, sleep) +‎ -е́ние (-énije, -tion).

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Noun

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успе́ние (uspénijen inan (genitive успе́ния, nominative plural успе́ния, genitive plural успе́ний, relational adjective успе́нский)

  1. (in Eastern Orthodoxy) Dormition, Assumption

Declension

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