коумиръ
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Old Church Slavonic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
коумиръ • (kumirŭ) m
- (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.
- from the Homily against the Bogumils, 242-243:
Derived terms[edit]
- коумировъ (kumirovŭ)
- коумиролюбица (kumiroljubica)
- коумирослоужение (kumirosluženie)
- коумирьница (kumirĭnica)
- коумирьскъ (kumirĭskŭ)
Related terms[edit]
- капище (kapište)
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ 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)."
- ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “коумиръ”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress