apostol

See also: Apostol, apóstol, apòstol, and apoštol

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish apóstol, 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

• Hyphenation: a‧pos‧tol

Noun

apostol

1. an apostle

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Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin apostolus, from .

Pronunciation

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

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

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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

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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

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic, 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)

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic, 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