birmovka
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Slovak
[edit]Etymology
[edit]The middle section from Latin cōnfirmātiō (“firm”), assimilated into birm + -ovka.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]birmovka f
- (religion, Christianity) the ritual of the Catholic sacrament of confirmation
Usage notes
[edit]- This word does not describe the sacrament itself (that is birmovanie), but the occasion, the ritual, the celebration, of conferring the sacrament.
Declension
[edit]Declension of birmovka
Related terms
[edit]- birmovanec m
- birmovanie n
- birmovať (verb)
- birmovný
Further reading
[edit]- “birmovka”, 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, 2024