сꙑнъ чловѣчьскъ

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms
  • ⱄⱏⰺⱀⱏ ⱍⰾⱁⰲⱑⱍⱐⱄⰽⱏ (synŭ člověčĭskŭ) — Glagolitic
  • ⱄⱀ҃ⱏ ⱍⰾ҃ⰲⱍⱄⰽⱏ (sn:ŭ čl:včskŭ) — Glagolitic, abbreviation
  • сн҃ъ чл҃вчскъ (sn:ŭ čl:včskŭ) — abbreviation

Etymology

Calque of Ancient Greek ὁ υἱός τοῦ ᾰ̓νθρώπου (ho huiós toû anthrṓpou). Compare Macedonian Син Човечки (Sin Čovečki), Slovene Sin Človeški.

Noun

сꙑнъ чловѣчьскъ • (synŭ člověčĭskŭ) m

  1. (Christianity, theology) Son of Man
    Synonym: сꙑнъ чловѣчь (synŭ člověčĭ)
    • 11th century, Codex Marianus (in Glagolitic), Gospel of Matthew 8:20:
      гл҃а емоу ис҃ъ · лиси ѣзвины имѫтъ · ꙇ птицѧ н҃бскыѩ гнѣзда ·а сн҃ъ чл҃вчскꙑ не иматъ къде главы подъклонити ·
      gl:a emu is:ŭ · lisi ězviny imǫtŭ · i pticę n:bskyję gnězda ·a sn:ŭ čl:včsky ne imatŭ kŭde glavy podŭkloniti ·
      Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”

Usage notes

Used as translation of Ancient Greek ὁ υἱός τοῦ ᾰ̓νθρώπου (ho huiós toû anthrṓpou), Latin Filius hominis.

References

“сꙑнъ1”, in GORAZD (overall work in Czech, English, and Russian), http://gorazd.org, 2016—2024

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