успение

Macedonian

Noun

успение (uspenie) n

  1. (Christianity) assumption

Inflection


Russian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic усъпение (usŭpenie, falling asleep; a sleep; death; religious feast day). Calque of Ancient Greek κοίμησις (τῆς Θεοτόκου) (koímēsis (tês Theotókou), Dormition (of the Mother of God)). Synchronically analysable as у- (u-) + спать (spatʹ, sleep) + -е́ние (-énije, -tion).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʊˈspʲenʲɪje]

Noun

успе́ние (uspénije) n inan (genitive успе́ния, nominative plural успе́ния, genitive plural успе́ний)

  1. (in Eastern Orthodoxy) Dormition, Assumption

Declension

Derived terms

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