чудотворец

Bulgarian

Alternative forms

  • чюдотво́рьць (čjudotvórec) [17th c.]

Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic чоудотворьць (čudotvorĭcĭ), a calque of Ancient Greek θαυματουργός (thaumatourgós). Equivalent to чу́до (čúdo, miracle) +‎ творе́ц (tvoréc, doer, maker).

Compare Russian чудотворец (čudotvorec) and Serbo-Croatian чудотворац.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ʃo̟dotˈvɔrɛt͡s]
  • Hyphenation(key): чу‧дот‧во‧рец

Noun

чудотво́рец • (čudotvórecm

  1. (religion) wonderworker, thaumaturge - one who performs miracles (epithet of a saint)
    Synonym: чудоде́ец (čudodéec)
    Това́ е ико́на на свети́ Никола́й Чудотво́рец.
    Tová e ikóna na svetí Nikoláj Čudotvórec.
    This is an icon of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker.
  2. (figurative) miracle worker

Declension

Declension of чудотво́рец
singular plural
indefinite чудотво́рец
čudotvórec
чудотво́рци
čudotvórci
definite
(subject form)
чудотво́рецът
čudotvórecǎt
чудотво́рците
čudotvórcite
definite
(object form)
чудотво́реца
čudotvóreca
count form чудотво́реца
čudotvóreca

References

  • чудотворец”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • чудотворец”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Ivanova-Mirčeva, D., editor (2009), “чоудотворьць”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Church Slavonic Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Sofia: Valentin Trajanov, page 1209

Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ʃuˈdɔtvɔɾɛt͡s]
  • IPA(key): [t͡ʃudɔˈtvɔɾɛt͡s] (nonstandard, common)

Noun

чудотворец • (čudotvorecm

  1. miracle worker

Declension

Declension of чудотворец
singular plural
indefinite чудотворец (čudotvorec) чудотворци (čudotvorci)
definite unspecified чудотворецот (čudotvorecot) чудотворците (čudotvorcite)
definite proximal чудотворецов (čudotvorecov) чудотворциве (čudotvorcive)
definite distal чудотворецон (čudotvorecon) чудотворцине (čudotvorcine)
vocative чудотворецу (čudotvorecu) чудотворци (čudotvorci)
count form чудотвореца (čudotvoreca)

Russian

Etymology

чу́до (čúdo) + творе́ц (tvoréc)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕʊdɐtˈvorʲɪt͡s]

Noun

чудотво́рец • (čudotvórecm anim (genitive чудотво́рца, nominative plural чудотво́рцы, genitive plural чудотво́рцев)

  1. miracle worker

Declension

Derived terms

  • лжечудотво́рец (lžečudotvórec)