apostol

See also: Apostol, Apóstol, apóstol, apòstol, apoštol, and apostoł

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish apóstol.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧pos‧tol
• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈpostol/, [ʔʌˈpos̪.t̪ɔl̪]

Noun

apóstol (Badlit spelling ᜀᜉᜓᜐ᜔ᜆᜓᜎ᜔)

1. an apostle

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin apostolus, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστολος (apóstolos, “one who is sent”; “messenger”, “envoy”, “ambassador”; “Apostle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒpoʃtol]
• Hyphenation: apos‧tol
• Rhymes: -ol

Noun

apostol (plural apostolok)

1. apostle

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	apostol	apostolok
accusative	apostolt	apostolokat
dative	apostolnak	apostoloknak
instrumental	apostollal	apostolokkal
causal-final	apostolért	apostolokért
translative	apostollá	apostolokká
terminative	apostolig	apostolokig
essive-formal	apostolként	apostolokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	apostolban	apostolokban
superessive	apostolon	apostolokon
adessive	apostolnál	apostoloknál
illative	apostolba	apostolokba
sublative	apostolra	apostolokra
allative	apostolhoz	apostolokhoz
elative	apostolból	apostolokból
delative	apostolról	apostolokról
ablative	apostoltól	apostoloktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	apostolé	apostoloké
non-attributive possessive - plural	apostoléi	apostolokéi

Possessive forms of apostol
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	apostolom	apostolaim
2nd person sing.	apostolod	apostolaid
3rd person sing.	apostola	apostolai
1st person plural	apostolunk	apostolaink
2nd person plural	apostolotok	apostolaitok
3rd person plural	apostoluk	apostolaik

Derived terms

• apostoli

Further reading

• apostol in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• apostol in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Old English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin apostolus, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστολος (apóstolos, “messenger, one sent forth”), from ἀποστέλλω (apostéllō, “I send off”), from ἀπό (apó, “from”) + στέλλω (stéllō, “I set”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.pos.tol/

Noun

apostol m

1. apostle

Declension

Declension of apostol (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	apostol	apostolas
accusative	apostol	apostolas
genitive	apostoles	apostola
dative	apostole	apostolum

Derived terms

• apostolhād
• apostolīċ
• ealdorapostol
• efenapostol

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “apostol”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Old Frisian

Alternative forms

• apostel

Noun

apostol m

1. apostle

Inflection

Declension of apostol (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	apostol	apostolar, apostola
genitive	apostoles	apostola
dative	apostole	apostolum, apostolem
accusative	apostol	apostolar, apostola

Old Occitan

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin apostolus, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστολος (apóstolos, “messenger, one sent forth”), from ἀποστέλλω (apostéllō, “I send off”), from ἀπό (apó, “from”) + στέλλω (stéllō, “I set”).

Noun

apostol m (oblique plural apostols, nominative singular apostols, nominative plural apostol)

1. apostle

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic апостолъ (apostolŭ), from Ancient Greek ἀπόστολος (apóstolos, “messenger, one sent forth”).

Noun

apostol m (plural apostoli)

1. apostle

Declension

Declension of apostol

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) apostol	apostolul	(niște) apostoli	apostolii
genitive/dative	(unui) apostol	apostolului	(unor) apostoli	apostolilor
vocative	apostolule		apostolilor

References

• apostol in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic апостолъ (apostolŭ), from Ancient Greek ἀπόστολος (apóstolos, “messenger, one sent forth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǎpostol/
• Hyphenation: a‧po‧stol

Noun

àpostol m (Cyrillic spelling а̀постол)

1. apostle

Declension

Declension of apostol

	singular	plural
nominative	apostol	apostoli
genitive	apostola	apostola
dative	apostolu	apostolima
accusative	apostola	apostole
vocative	apostole	apostoli
locative	apostolu	apostolima
instrumental	apostolom	apostolima

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• apostoles

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish apóstol, from Late Latin apostolus, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστολος (apóstolos, “messenger, one sent forth”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ʔaposˈtol/, [ʔɐ.posˈtol]
  • IPA^(key): /ʔaˈpostol/, [ʔɐˈpos.tol]
• Rhymes: -ol, -ostol
• Homophone: Apostol
• Syllabification: a‧pos‧tol

Noun

apostól or apostol (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜉᜓᜐ᜔ᜆᜓᜎ᜔)

1. apostle

   Synonym: alagad

Related terms

• Apostol
• apostolado
• apostoliko

 

Further reading

• “apostol” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[2], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “apostol”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Welsh

Alternative forms

• abostol, bostol, ebostol, postol

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin apostolus, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστολος (apóstolos, “one sent forth, apostle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈpɔsdɔl/, [aˈpʰɔstɔl]

Noun

apostol m (plural apostolion)

1. (Christianity, also figuratively) apostle

Derived terms

• Actau'r Apostolion (“Acts of the Apostles”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
apostol	unchanged	unchanged	hapostol
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.