вѣчьнъ

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *věčьnъ.

Adjective

вѣчьнъ • (věčĭnŭ)

  1. eternal
    • c. 950, Kiev Missal:
      просімъ тѩ вьсємогꙑ вѣчьнꙑ бж꙯є пріꙁьрі на молітвѫ нашѫ
      prosimŭ tję vĭsemogy věčĭny bž꙯e prizĭri na molitvǫ našǫ
      We beg you, almighty eternal God, look on our prayer
  2. age-old, existing since always
  3. permanent, lasting, perpetual, existing until always
    • c. 1000, Codex Zographensis:
      ꙇдѫтъ си въ мѫкѫ вѣчьнѫѭ
      ꙇdǫtŭ si vŭ mǫkǫ věčĭnǫjǫ
      these go to everlasting torment
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