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10 Language-to-English DictionariesOld Church Slavonic
/ˌoʊld ˌtʃɜːrtʃ sləˈvɒnɪk/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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The first literary and liturgical language of the Slavs, based on a 9th-century Slavic dialect and used widely in the Eastern Orthodox Church.
"Scholars of medieval history often study Old Church Slavonic to read early Slavic manuscripts." - 2
The historical ancestor of Church Slavonic used in various regional recensions for religious texts.
"The liturgy was chanted in Old Church Slavonic during the solemn ceremony."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the English components 'old', 'church', and 'Slavonic', referring to the first literary and standardized Slavic language. It stems historically from the 9th-century mission of Saints Cyril and Methodius, who translated liturgical books into the Old Salonika dialect of Macedonian Slavic.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Old Church Slavonic" is said worldwide
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vieux slavon
Transliteration: vjø slavɔ̃
"Le vieux slavon est la plus ancienne langue littéraire slave."
Altkirchenslawisch
Transliteration: altkɪʁçn̩ˈslaːvɪʃ
"Altkirchenslawisch wird in der slawischen Sprachwissenschaft studiert."
antico slavo ecclesiastico
Transliteration: ˈantiko ˈslavo ettleˈzjastico
"L'antico slavo ecclesiastico è fondamentale per la filologia slava."
eslavo eclesiástico antiguo
Transliteration: esˈlaβo eklesiˈastiko anˈtiɣwo
"El eslavo eclesiástico antiguo se usó para la liturgia."
eslavo eclesiástico antigo
Transliteration: izˈlavu ekleziˈaʃtiku ˈɐ̃tigu
"O eslavo eclesiástico antigo é a base de muitas línguas eslavas litúrgicas."
पुराानी चर्च स्लावोनिक
Transliteration: purani charch slavonik
Script: पुरानी चर्च स्लावोनिक
"पुरानी चर्च स्लावोनिक स्लाविक भाषाओं का ऐतिहासिक रूप है।"
古教会斯拉夫语
Transliteration: gǔ jiàohuì sīlāfū yǔ
"古教会斯拉夫语是斯拉夫语族中最早的书面语。"
고대 교회 슬라브어
Transliteration: godae gyohoe seulabeu-eo
"고대 교회 슬라브어는 최초의 슬라브 문어입니다."
古Ц教会斯拉夫語
Transliteration: kodai kyōkai surafu-go
Script: 古代教会スラヴ語
"古代教会スラヴ語はスラヴ諸語の最古の文語である。"
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