капище

Old Church Slavonic

капище

Alternative forms

• капиште (kapište)

Etymology

From капь (kapĭ, “image, idol”) +‎ -ище (-ište).

Noun

капище • (kapište) n

1. column, pillar
2. statue
   • Ретъко, editor (1025±50?), “капишта”, in Codex Suprasliensis‎^[1] (in Old Church Slavonic), page (leaf) 110.5, line 26:

     сисинии҅ же е҅пископъ коупꙿно и҅ съ презвѵтеромъ а҅ртемомъ · въшедъ въ цръквище а҅ртемидово · вь҆са капища съкроуши · и҅ о҅гн҄емъ съжеже ·

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • Ретъко, editor (1025±50?), “капишта”, in Codex Suprasliensis‎^[2] (in Old Church Slavonic), page (leaf) 55, line 7:

     текъ блаженъи҆ въ цръкъвище · и҅ вь҆са капища сътъръ повръже на земи ·

     tekŭ blaženŷi vŭ crŭkŭvište · hi vĭsa kapišta sŭtŭrŭ povrŭže na zemi ·

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. (paganism) shrine, sanctuary, temple
   • from the Second Version of the Life of Saint Wenceslas in Old Church Slavonic, chap. 7:

     но и народом и҆еще поганьскомоу ѡбꙑйаю ветъхому живꙋщим, новꙑа вѣрꙑ оученїа благаго подаваше, неведꙋщим же и въ капища и҆дольскаѧ̀ ходѧщим и къ богомъ инѣм частѣе лѣт ходѧщаѧ̀ пририщꙋщїмъ и жерътвꙑ жрꙋщим.

     no i narodom iješte poganĭskomu obyjaju vetŭxomu živuštim, novya věry učenia blagago podavaše, neveduštim že i vŭ kapišta idolĭskaję̀ xodęštim i kŭ bogomŭ iněm častěje lět xodęštaję̀ pririštuštimŭ i žerŭtvy žruštim.

     He also imparted the good teachings of the new faith to the people who still lived according to the old pagan customs. And seeing how the ignorant went to the shrines of the idols, and how often in the course of the year they hastened to make sacrifices to foreign gods.

Derived terms

• капищьница (kapištĭnica)
• капищьнъ (kapištĭnŭ)

Related terms

• коумиръ (kumirŭ)

Descendants

• Serbo-Croatian: капиште
• Bulgarian: капище (kapište)
• Romanian: capiște
• Russian: капище (kapišče)
• Ukrainian: капище (kapyšče)
• Belarusian: капішча (kapišča)
• Polish: kapiszcze
• Polish: kapišče

References

• Бояджиев, Андрей (2016), Старобългарска читанка‎^[3], София

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic капище (kapište, “idol; pagan temple”), from капь (kapĭ, “image”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkapʲɪɕːe]

Noun

ка́пище • (kápišče) n inan (genitive ка́пища, nominative plural ка́пища, genitive plural ка́пищ)

1. pagan temple

Declension

Declension of ка́пище (inan neut-form sibilant-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ка́пище kápišče	ка́пища kápišča
genitive	ка́пища kápišča	ка́пищ kápišč
dative	ка́пищу kápišču	ка́пищам kápiščam
accusative	ка́пище kápišče	ка́пища kápišča
instrumental	ка́пищем kápiščem	ка́пищами kápiščami
prepositional	ка́пище kápišče	ка́пищах kápiščax

Pre-reform declension of ка́пище (inan neut-form sibilant-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ка́пище kápišče	ка́пища kápišča
genitive	ка́пища kápišča	ка́пищъ kápišč
dative	ка́пищу kápišču	ка́пищамъ kápiščam
accusative	ка́пище kápišče	ка́пища kápišča
instrumental	ка́пищемъ kápiščem	ка́пищами kápiščami
prepositional	ка́пищѣ kápiščě	ка́пищахъ kápiščax

Hyponyms

• (pagan temple, also used more often for Christian churches): храм (xram)

Descendants

• → English: kapishche

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic капище (kapište, “idol; pagan temple”), from капь (kapĭ, “image”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkapeʃt͡ʃe]

Noun

ка́пище • (kápyšče) n inan (genitive ка́пища, nominative plural ка́пища, genitive plural ка́пищ)

1. pagan temple

Declension

Declension of ка́пище
(inan semisoft neut-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	ка́пище kápyšče	ка́пища kápyšča
genitive	ка́пища kápyšča	ка́пищ kápyšč
dative	ка́пищу kápyšču	ка́пищам kápyščam
accusative	ка́пище kápyšče	ка́пища kápyšča
instrumental	ка́пищем kápyščem	ка́пищами kápyščamy
locative	ка́пищу, ка́пищі kápyšču, kápyšči	ка́пищах kápyščax
vocative	ка́пище kápyšče	ка́пища kápyšča

Coordinate terms

• (pagan temple, also used more often for Christian churches): храм (xram)

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “капище”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2025), “капище”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–15 (а – п'ять), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN