evangelium

See also: Evangelium and evangélium

Czech

Etymology

From Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion, “good news”)

Noun

evangelium n

1. gospel (an account of the life, death, resurrection, and teachings of Jesus)

   novozákonní evangelia

   evangelium podle Matouše — the Gospel According to Matthew

Related terms

• evangelík
• evangelista

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Danish

Alternative forms

• evangelie

Etymology

From Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion, “good news”)

Noun

evangelium n (singular definite evangeliet, plural indefinite evangelier)

1. gospel

References

• “evangelium” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Faroese

Etymology

From Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion, “good news”)

Noun

evangelium n (genitive singular evangelis, plural evangelium)

1. gospel

Declension

Declension of evangelium
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	evangelium	evangeliið	evangelium	evangeliini
Accusative	evangelium	evangeliið	evangelium	evangeliini
Dative	evangelii	evangelinum	evangelium	evangeliunum
Genitive	evangelis	evangelisins	evangelia	evagelianna

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Latin

Alternative forms

• euangelium, Euangelium

Etymology

From Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion, “good news”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /eː.u̯anˈɡe.li.um/, [eːu̯äŋˈɡɛlʲiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.vanˈd͡ʒe.li.um/, [evän̠ʲˈd͡ʒɛːlium]

Noun

ēvangelium n (genitive ēvangeliī or ēvangelī); second declension

1. good news
2. (Ecclesiastical Latin) gospel, the Gospel

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ēvangelium	ēvangelia
Genitive	ēvangeliī ēvangelī1	ēvangeliōrum
Dative	ēvangeliō	ēvangeliīs
Accusative	ēvangelium	ēvangelia
Ablative	ēvangeliō	ēvangeliīs
Vocative	ēvangelium	ēvangelia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Related terms

• ēvangelicus
• ēvangelista
• ēvangelīzātor
• ēvangelīzō

 

Descendants

• Albanian: ungjill
• Alemannic German: Efangeli
• Asturian: evanxeliu
• Basque: ebanjelio
• Catalan: evangeli
• English: evangel
• French: évangile
• Friulian: vanzeli
• Galician: evanxeo
• Istriot: vanzeîlio
• Italian: vangelo
• Occitan: evangèli
• Portuguese: evangelho
• Sardinian: banzelu
• Sicilian: vancelu
• Spanish: evangelio
• Venetian: vangeło
• Walloon: evandjîle
• Welsh: efengyll

References

• “evangelium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• evangelium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion)

Noun

evangelium n (definite singular evangeliet, indefinite plural evangelier, definite plural evangelia or evangeliene)

1. gospel (the teachings of Jesus Christ)
2. Gospel (one of the first four books of the New Testament)

References

• “evangelium” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion)

Noun

evangelium n (definite singular evangeliet, indefinite plural evangelium, definite plural evangelia)

1. gospel (the teachings of Jesus Christ)
2. Gospel (one of the first four books of the New Testament)

References

• “evangelium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Swedish

Noun

evangelium n

1. gospel

Declension

Declension of evangelium
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	evangelium	evangeliet	evangelier	evangelierna
Genitive	evangeliums	evangeliets	evangeliers	evangeliernas