Богородиця

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic Богородица (Bogorodica), calqued from Koine Greek Θεοτόκος (Theotókos) "God-bearer". Analyzable as Бог (Boh) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ род(ити) (rod(yty)) +‎ -иця (-ycja).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [bɔɦɔˈrɔdet͡sʲɐ]

Proper noun

Богоро́диця • (Bohoródycja) f pers (genitive Богоро́диці, uncountable, relational adjective богоро́дичний)

  1. Virgin Mary, Blessed Virgin, Our Lady
    Synonyms: Богома́тір (Bohomátir), Пресвята́я Ді́ва (Presvjatája Díva), Пресвята́я Ді́ва Марі́я (Presvjatája Díva Maríja), Ма́ти Бо́жа (Máty Bóža)

Declension

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Further reading
  • Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2010), “Богоро́диця”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (а – бязь), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN
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