православїє

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Old Ruthenian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic православие (pravoslavije), from Old Church Slavonic православиѥ (pravoslavije), a calque of Ancient Greek ὀρθοδοξῐ́ᾱ (orthodoxíā). By surface analysis, правый (pravyj) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ слава (slava) +‎ -їє (-ije).

Noun

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правосла́вїє (pravoslávijen inan

  1. (Christianity) Orthodoxy
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Descendants

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Further reading

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  • Bulyka, A. M., editor (2007), “православие”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 27 (поровенъ – прегрешити), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 463