ангелъ

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos).

Noun

анг҄елъ • (angʹjelŭ) m

1. angel
2. messenger

Declension

Declension of ангелъ (o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	анг҄елъ angʹjelŭ	анг҄ела angʹjela	анг҄ели angʹjeli
genitive	анг҄ела angʹjela	анг҄елоу angʹjelu	анг҄елъ angʹjelŭ
dative	анг҄елоу, анг҄елови angʹjelu, angʹjelovi	анг҄елома angʹjeloma	анг҄еломъ angʹjelomŭ
accusative	анг҄елъ, анг҄ела angʹjelŭ, angʹjela	анг҄ела angʹjela	анг҄елꙑ angʹjely
instrumental	анг҄еломъ angʹjelomŭ	анг҄елома angʹjeloma	анг҄елꙑ angʹjely
locative	анг҄елѣ angʹjelě	анг҄елоу angʹjelu	анг҄елѣхъ angʹjelěxŭ
vocative	анг҄еле angʹjele	анг҄ела angʹjela	анг҄ели angʹjeli

Alternative forms

• агг҄елъ (aggʹjelŭ)
• анъг҄елъ (anŭgʹjelŭ)
• анꙉелъ (anǵelŭ)
• анъꙉелъ (anŭǵelŭ)
• ан҃г (an:g) (abbreviation)
• аг҃гл (ag:gl) (abbreviation)

Derived terms

• анг҄еловъ (angʹjelovŭ)
• анг҄елозрачьнъ (angʹjelozračĭnŭ)
• анг҄елообразьнъ (angʹjeloobrazĭnŭ)
• анг҄ельскъ (angʹjelĭskŭ)
• арханг҄елъ (arxangʹjelŭ)
• арханг҄ельскъ (arxangʹjelĭskŭ)
• равьноанг҄елъ (ravĭnoangʹjelŭ)

Descendants

• Bulgarian: ангел (angel)
• → Macedonian: ангел (angel)
• → Czech: anděl
• → Russian: а́нгел (ángel), а́нгелъ (ángel) — pre-1918 spelling
  • → Ingrian: ängeli
  • → Moksha: анголь (angoľ)
  • → Lithuanian: ángelas
  • → Skolt Sami: aʹŋǧǧel
  • → Votic: angeli
• → Serbo-Croatian:
  • Cyrillic script: анђео
  • Latin script: anđeo
• → Slovak: anjel

Further reading

• “ангелъ”, in GORAZD [Old Church Slavonic Digital Hub], http://gorazd.org, 2016—2026