Kazakh

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Alternative scripts
Arabic روجدەستۆو
Cyrillic Рождество
Latin Rojdestvo
Yañalif Roçdestvo

Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian Рождество́ (Roždestvó).

Proper noun

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Рождество (Rojdestvo)

  1. Christmas

Macedonian

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Рождество (Roždestvon

  1. (rare) Christmas

Russian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Ellipsis of Рождество́ Христо́во (Roždestvó Xristóvo).

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic рождьство (roždĭstvo), from Proto-Slavic *roďьstvo. Displaced inherited Old East Slavic рожьство (rožĭstvo), which is still found in dialects (see рожество́ (rožestvó) and рожство́ (rožstvó)).

Morphologically, see род (rod), роди́ть (rodítʹ) + -ство (-stvo).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [rəʐdʲɪstˈvo]
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Proper noun

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Рождество́ (Roždestvón inan (genitive Рождества́, relational adjective рожде́ственский) (singular only)

  1. Christmas (lit., the Birth)
    с Рождество́мs Roždestvómmerry Christmas

Declension

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Descendants

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References

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “Рождество”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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From Old Church Slavonic рождьство (roždĭstvo), from Proto-Slavic *roďьstvo.

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Рождество n (Latin spelling Roždestvo)

  1. Christmas
    Synonym: Бо̀жић
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