Bībele

See also: bībele, bībelē, and Bībelē

Latvian

Bībele

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βιβλία (biblía, “books”), plural of βιβλίον (biblíon, “small book”), originally a diminutive of βίβλος (bíblos, “book”), from βύβλος (búblos, “papyrus”) (from the ancient Phoenician city of Byblos which exported this writing material).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Bībele f (5th declension)

1. the Bible, the Christian holy book
2. (cf. bībele) a bible, a copy of the Bible

Declension

Declension of Bībele (5th)

	singular	plural
nominative	Bībele	—
genitive	Bībeles	—
dative	Bībelei	—
accusative	Bībeli	—
instrumental	Bībeli	—
locative	Bībelē	—
vocative	Bībele	—