коумиръ

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Old Church Slavonic

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коумиръ

Etymology

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Etymology is uncertain. Perhaps a Turkic[1] or Semitic[2] borrowing: compare Classical Syriac ܟܘܡܪܐ (kūmrāʾ, priest) and Old Armenian քուրմ (kʻurm, priest). Has also been connected to Ossetian гуымиры (g°ymiry, giant) and Georgian გმირი (gmiri, hero) and together with them derived from the name of Cimmerians.

Noun

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коумиръ (kumirŭm

  1. (paganism) idol, graven image
    • from the Homily against the Bogumils, 242-243:
      коумири бо камѣни и дрѣвѣни сѫще вещиѭ не видѧтъ ни слꙑшѧтъ
      kumiri bo kaměni i drěvěni sǫšte veštijǫ ne vidętŭ ni slyšętŭ
      for idols are made of wood and stone, and of their nature neither hear nor see
    • from the Homily against the Bogumils, 254-255:
      еретици же не кланꙗѭтъ сѧ иконамъ нъ коумирꙑ наричѫтъ ѩ
      eretici že ne klanjajǫtŭ sę ikonamŭ nŭ kumiry naričǫtŭ ję
      but the heretics do not venerate icons, but call them idols.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Russian: кумир (kumir)
  • Serbo-Croatian: кумир

References

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  1. ^ Ranko Matasović (2016) "A READER IN COMPARATIVE INDO-EUROPEAN RELIGION". University of Zagreb. page 74. quote: "Gods were represented by giant statues (CSl. kumirъ a word of Turkic origin)."
  2. ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “коумиръ”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress