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Glagolitic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˌɡlæɡəˈlɪtɪk/ (General-American)
• /ˌɡlæɡəʊˈlɪtɪk/ (UK)
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Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin glagoliticus, from Old Church Slavonic глаголица (glagolica), from глаголъ (glagolŭ, “word, speech”), Glagolitic spelling ⰳⰾⰰⰳⱁⰾⰻⱌⰰ (glagolica).

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of or written with the Glagolitic alphabet.
   • The Slavic, and Illyric language has two alphabets. The first is called Glagolitic…, and in our times, is only used in the sacred books. 1778, Alberto Fortis, Travels Into Dalmatia: Containing General Observations on the Natural History of that Country and the Neighboring Islands; the Natural Productions, Arts, Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants, page 401:
2. (not-comparable) Denoting Slavic Roman Catholic rites in Dalmatia.
   • In the case of mixed marriages between a Glagolitic and Latin Catholic, the children follow the rite of the father; but there is an exception in favour of the eldest daughter of a Glagolitic family. 1861, John Mason Neale, Notes Ecclesiological & Picturesque, on Dalmatia, Croatia, Istria, Styria: With a Visit to Montenegro, page 98:

Forms

Synonyms

Slovenish · Illyrian · Hieronymian

Translations (21)

de glagolitisch (of or pertaining to the Glagolitic alphabet) · nl Glagolitisch (of or pertaining to the Glagolitic alphabet) · gl glagolítico (of or pertaining to the Glagolitic alphabet) · ga Glagalach (of or pertaining to the Glagolitic alphabet) · el γλαγολιτικός (of or pertaining to the Glagolitic alphabet) · fr glagolitique (of or pertaining to the Glagolitic alphabet) · hu glagolita (of or pertaining to the Glagolitic alphabet) · mk глаголски (of or pertaining to the Glagolitic alphabet) · uk глаголи́чний (of or pertaining to the Glagolitic alphabet) · pt glagolítico (of or pertaining to the Glagolitic alphabet) · bg глаголически (of or pertaining to the Glagolitic alphabet) · sk hlaholský (of or pertaining to the Glagolitic alphabet) · mk глаголичен (of or pertaining to the Glagolitic alphabet) · es glagolítico (of or pertaining to the Glagolitic alphabet) · sv glagolitisk (of or pertaining to the Glagolitic alphabet) · pl głagolicki (of or pertaining to the Glagolitic alphabet) · pl głagoliczny (of or pertaining to the Glagolitic alphabet) · it glagolitico (of or pertaining to the Glagolitic alphabet) · fi glagoliittinen (of or pertaining to the Glagolitic alphabet) · ru глаголи́ческий (of or pertaining to the Glagolitic alphabet) · ca glagolític (of or pertaining to the Glagolitic alphabet)

Glagolitic en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /ˌɡlæɡəˈlɪtɪk/ (General-American)
• /ˌɡlæɡəʊˈlɪtɪk/ (UK)
• (US) audio

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin glagoliticus, from Old Church Slavonic глаголица (glagolica), from глаголъ (glagolŭ, “word, speech”), Glagolitic spelling ⰳⰾⰰⰳⱁⰾⰻⱌⰰ (glagolica).

Meanings

1. The oldest known Slavonic alphabet, designed around 862–863 by Saint Cyril in order to translate the Bible and other texts into Old Church Slavonic. Mostly replaced by Cyrillic alphabet in Orthodox Christian Slavic countries, but still in use in the Croatian Church along the Dalmatian coast, in Czech and Croatian recensions of Church Slavonic.

Forms

Relateds

Cyrillic

Synonyms

Slovenish · Glagolitic alphabet · Glagolitsa · Illyrian · Hieronymian · Bukvitsa

Translations (47)

cmn 格拉哥里字母 (the oldest known Slavonic alphabet) · hu glagolita (the oldest known Slavonic alphabet) · ky глаголица (the oldest known Slavonic alphabet) · sh bukvica (the oldest known Slavonic alphabet) · es glagolítico (the oldest known Slavonic alphabet) · lv glagolica (the oldest known Slavonic alphabet) · fi glagoliittinen kirjaimisto (the oldest known Slavonic alphabet) · bg глаго́лица (the oldest known Slavonic alphabet) · el Γλαγολιτικό αλφάβητο (the oldest known Slavonic alphabet) · ru глаго́лица (the oldest known Slavonic alphabet) · uk глаго́лиця (the oldest known Slavonic alphabet) · fr glagolitsa (the oldest known Slavonic alphabet) · cu глаголица (the oldest known Slavonic alphabet) · ca glagolitsa (the oldest known Slavonic alphabet) · cs hlaholice (the oldest known Slavonic alphabet) · hu glagolita ábécé (the oldest known Slavonic alphabet) · pt glagolítico (the oldest known Slavonic alphabet) · ar أَبْجَدِيَّة غْلَاغُولِيتْسِيَّة (the oldest known Slavonic alphabet) · mk глаголица (the oldest known Slavonic alphabet) · sk hlaholika (the oldest known Slavonic alphabet) · la Abecedarium Glagoliticum (the oldest known Slavonic alphabet) · ja グラゴル文字 (the oldest known Slavonic alphabet) · sh glagòljica (the oldest known Slavonic alphabet) · fr glagol (the oldest known Slavonic alphabet) · gl glagolítico (the oldest known Slavonic alphabet) · pl głagolica (the oldest known Slavonic alphabet) · es glagolitsa (the oldest known Slavonic alphabet) · gl glagolitza (the oldest known Slavonic alphabet) · de Glagoliza (the oldest known Slavonic alphabet) · fr alphabet glagolitique (the oldest known Slavonic alphabet) · sv glagolitiskt alfabet (the oldest known Slavonic alphabet) · lt glagolica (the oldest known Slavonic alphabet) · sl glagolica (the oldest known Slavonic alphabet) · ka გლაგოლიცა (the oldest known Slavonic alphabet) · kk глаголица (the oldest known Slavonic alphabet) · eo Glagolico (the oldest known Slavonic alphabet) · it glagolitico (the oldest known Slavonic alphabet) · ro glagoliță (the oldest known Slavonic alphabet) · be глаго́ліца (the oldest known Slavonic alphabet) · sh глаго̀љица (the oldest known Slavonic alphabet) · ca alfabet glagolític (the oldest known Slavonic alphabet) · cu ⰳⰾⰰⰳⱁⰾⰻⱌⰰ (the oldest known Slavonic alphabet) · fi glagolitsa (the oldest known Slavonic alphabet) · ko 글라골 문자 (the oldest known Slavonic alphabet) · nl Glagolitisch (the oldest known Slavonic alphabet) · sh буквица (the oldest known Slavonic alphabet) · ca glagolític (the oldest known Slavonic alphabet)