библия

Borrowed from Latin biblia or directly from Ancient Greek βιβλία (biblía, “books”), ultimately from βίβλος (bíblos, “book”), a variant of βύβλος (búblos, “papyrus”). The word is derived from the name of the Phoenician city Byblos, which was known for exporting papyri in ancient times.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbiblijɐ]

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би́блия • (bíblija) f

1. Bible (the sacred texts of the Christians)
2. bible (comprehensive manual)

• библиотека (biblioteka, “library”)
• библейски (biblejski, “depicted in the Bible”)

• би́блія (bíblija) — pre-reform orthography (1918)

First attested 1499. Borrowed from Latin biblia, from Ancient Greek βιβλία (biblía, “books”), ultimately from Ancient Greek βίβλος (bíblos, “book”), a variant of Ancient Greek βύβλος (búblos, “papyrus”). The word is derived from the name of the Phoenician city Byblos, which was known for exporting papyri in ancient times.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbʲiblʲɪjə]

• Audio (Saint Petersburg):

  (file)

би́блия • (bíblija) f inan (genitive би́блии, nominative plural би́блии, genitive plural би́блий, relational adjective библе́йский)

1. Bible

   Synonyms: Би́блия (Bíblija), Свяще́нное Писа́ние (Svjaščénnoje Pisánije), Писа́ние (Pisánije)

2. bible

Borrowed

• библиогра́фия f (bibliográfija)
• библиоте́ка f (bibliotéka)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “библия”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999), “библия”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 88
• Shansky, N. M. (1965), “библия”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, number 2 (Б), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 116
• Anikin, A. E. (2009), “библия”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 3 (бе – болдыхать), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 173