anjel

See also: anjeł

Old Czech

Alternative forms

• anjeł (alternative writing)
• anděl

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin angelus, from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos). First attested in the 13th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈanjɛɫ/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈanjɛl/

Noun

anjel m pers

1. (Christianity) angel

Declension

Declension of anjel (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	anjel	anjely	anjeli, anjelové
genitive	anjela	anjelú	anjelóv
dative	anjelu, anjelovi	anjeloma	anjelóm
accusative	anjela	anjely	anjely
vocative	anjele	anjely	anjeli, anjelové
locative	anjelu, anjelovi	anjelú	anjeléch
instrumental	anjelem	anjeloma	anjely

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.

Derived terms

• anjelík
• archanjel

Descendants

• Czech: anděl
• → Old Polish: anjoł, anjeł
  • Polish: anioł, anjoł, angioł, jenioł, amnioł, annioł, jamioł (Middle Polish), janioł (Middle Polish, Western Lublin, Puławy)
    • → Belarusian: анёл (anjól)
    • → Kashubian: aniół
  • Silesian: aniōł

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “anjel”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaɲi̯el]

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Noun

anjel m pers (relational adjective anjelský, diminutive anjelik or anjeliček)

1. angel

Declension

Declension of anjel
(pattern chlap)

	singular	plural
nominative	anjel	anjeli
genitive	anjela	anjelov
dative	anjelovi	anjelom
accusative	anjela	anjelov
locative	anjelovi	anjeloch
instrumental	anjelom	anjelmi

Derived terms

• anjelsky (adverb)

Further reading

• “anjel”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026