успение

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Macedonian

Noun

успение (uspenien

  1. (Christianity) assumption

Inflection


Russian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic усъпение (usŭpenije, falling asleep; a sleep; death; religious feast day). Calque of Ancient Greek κοίμησις (τῆς Θεοτόκου) (koímēsis (tês Theotókou), Dormition (of the Mother of God)). Synchronically analysable as у- (u-) +‎ спать (spatʹ, sleep) +‎ -е́ние (-énije, -tion).

Pronunciation

Noun

успе́ние (uspénijen inan (genitive успе́ния, nominative plural успе́ния, genitive plural успе́ний)

  1. (in Eastern Orthodoxy) Dormition, Assumption

Declension

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