агнец

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *agnьcь. Akin to а́гне (ágne).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaɡnɛt͡s]

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• IPA^(key): [ɐɡˈnɛt͡s]

Noun

а́гнец or агне́ц • (ágnec or agnéc) m

1. large lamb
2. Paschal Lamb, Lamb of God (Jesus Christ portrayed as a sacrifice)
3. sacrificial lamb
4. Agnus Dei (a litgurgical symbol depicting a lamb and a cross)
5. (figurative, liturgical) metaphor for bread as the embodiment of the body of Christ during transubstantiation

Declension

Declension of а́гнец

	singular	plural
indefinite	а́гнец ágnec	агънци́ agǎncí
definite (subject form)	а́гнецът ágnecǎt	агънци́те agǎncíte
definite (object form)	а́гнеца ágneca
count form	—	а́гнеца ágneca

Declension of агне́ц

	singular	plural
indefinite	агне́ц agnéc	агне́ци agnéci
definite (subject form)	агне́цът agnécǎt	агне́ците agnécite
definite (object form)	агне́ца agnéca
count form	—	агне́ца agnéca

Related terms

• а́гне (ágne)

References

• “агнец”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “агнец”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• “агнец”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, →ISBN, page 18
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971–2017), “а̀гне”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1–8, Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House

Russian

Alternative forms

• а́гнецъ (ágnec) — pre-1918 spelling

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic агньць (agnĭcĭ), from Proto-Slavic *agnьcь, a derivative of *àgnę; eventually from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷn-. Compare native ягнёнок (jagnjónok).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaɡnʲɪt͡s]

• Audio (Saint Petersburg):

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Noun

а́гнец • (ágnec) m anim (genitive а́гнца, nominative plural а́гнцы, genitive plural а́гнцев)

1. (archaic, biblical) lamb

   Synonyms: (normal register) ягнёнок (jagnjónok), (colloquial) бара́шек (barášek)

   А́гнец Бо́жий ― Ágnec Bóžij ― Lamb of God

2. (figurative) lamb (a meek, docile, innocent person)

   Synonym: ове́чка (ovéčka)

3. (Christianity) the Lamb, the host (the portion of bread consecrated in the Eucharist)

Declension

Declension of а́гнец (anim masc-form ц-stem accent-a reduc) 

	singular	plural
nominative	а́гнец ágnec	а́гнцы ágncy
genitive	а́гнца ágnca	а́гнцев ágncev
dative	а́гнцу ágncu	а́гнцам ágncam
accusative	а́гнца ágnca	а́гнцев ágncev
instrumental	а́гнцем ágncem	а́гнцами ágncami
prepositional	а́гнце ágnce	а́гнцах ágncax