серафимъ

Borrowed from Koine Greek σεραφείμ (serapheím), from Biblical Hebrew שְׂרָפִים (śərāp̄îm), the plural form of שָׂרָף (śārāp̄, “burning one”).

серафимъ • (serafimŭ) m

1. seraphim

   серафими мъногоочитии ― serafimi mŭnogoočitii ― many-eyed seraphims

2. serapeum

Cejtlin, R.M.; Večerka, R.; Blagova, E., editors (1994), “серафимъ”, in Старославянский словарь (по рукописям X—XI веков) [Old Church Slavonic Dictionary (Based on 10–11th Century Manuscripts)] (overall work in Russian), Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 601

серафи́мъ • (serafím) m anim (genitive серафи́ма, nominative plural серафи́мы, genitive plural серафи́мовъ)

1. Pre-1918 spelling of серафим (serafim).

Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “Сераф”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.