капище

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From капь (kapĭ, image, idol) +‎ -ище (-ište).

Noun

капище • (kapišten

  1. column, pillar
  2. statue
    • Ретъко, editor (1025±50?), “капишта”, in Codex Suprasliensis[1] (in Old Church Slavonic), page (leaf) 110.5, line 26:
      сисинии҅ же е҅пископъ коупꙿно и҅ съ презвѵтеромъ а҅ртемомъ · въшедъ въ цръквище а҅ртемидово · вь҆са капища съкроуши · и҅ о҅гн҄емъ съжеже ·
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • Ретъко, editor (1025±50?), “капишта”, in Codex Suprasliensis[2] (in Old Church Slavonic), page (leaf) 55, line 7:
      текъ блаженъи҆ въ цръкъвище · и҅ вь҆са капища сътъръ повръже на земи ·
      tekŭ blaženŷi vŭ crŭkŭvišthe · i vĭsa kapišta sŭtŭrŭ povrŭže na zemi ·
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  3. (paganism) shrine, sanctuary, temple
    • from the Second Version of the Life of Saint Wenceslas in Old Church Slavonic, chap. 7:
      но и народом и҆еще поганьскомоу ѡбꙑйаю ветъхому живꙋщим, новꙑа вѣрꙑ оученїа благаго подаваше, неведꙋщим же и въ капища и҆дольскаѧ̀ ходѧщим и къ богомъ инѣм частѣе лѣт ходѧщаѧ̀ пририщꙋщїмъ и жерътвꙑ жрꙋщим.
      no i narodom iješte poganĭskomu obyjaju vetŭxomu živuštim, novya věry učenia blagago podavaše, neveduštim že i vŭ kapišta idolĭskaję̀ xodęštim i kŭ bogomŭ iněm častěje lět xodęštaję̀ pririštuštimŭ i žerŭtvy žruštim.
      He also imparted the good teachings of the new faith to the people who still lived according to the old pagan customs. And seeing how the ignorant went to the shrines of the idols, and how often in the course of the year they hastened to make sacrifices to foreign gods.

Derived terms

  • капищьница (kapištĭnica)
  • капищьнъ (kapištĭnŭ)

Descendants

  • Serbo-Croatian: капиште
  • Bulgarian: капище (kapište)
  • Romanian: capiște
  • Russian: капище (kapišče)
  • Ukrainian: капище (kapyšče)
  • Belarusian: капішча (kapišča)
  • Polish: kapiszcze
  • Polish: kapišče

References

  • Бояджиев, Андрей (2016) Старобългарска читанка[3], София

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic капище (kapište, idol; pagan temple), from капь (kapĭ, image).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkapʲɪɕːe]

Noun

ка́пище • (kápiščen inan (genitive ка́пища, nominative plural ка́пища, genitive plural ка́пищ)

  1. pagan temple

Declension

Hyponyms

  • (pagan temple, also used more often for Christian churches): храм (xram)

Descendants

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic капище (kapište, idol; pagan temple), from капь (kapĭ, image).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkapeʃt͡ʃe]

Noun

ка́пище • (kápyščen inan (genitive ка́пища, nominative plural ка́пища, genitive plural ка́пищ)

  1. pagan temple

Declension

Declension of ка́пище
(inan semisoft neut-form accent-a)
singular plural
nominative ка́пище
kápyšče
ка́пища
kápyšča
genitive ка́пища
kápyšča
ка́пищ
kápyšč
dative ка́пищу
kápyšču
ка́пищам
kápyščam
accusative ка́пище
kápyšče
ка́пища
kápyšča
instrumental ка́пищем
kápyščem
ка́пищами
kápyščamy
locative ка́пищу, ка́пищі
kápyšču, kápyšči
ка́пищах
kápyščax
vocative ка́пище
kápyšče
ка́пища
kápyšča

Coordinate terms

References