Bulgarian

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Etymology

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From Old Church Slavonic идоль (idolĭ), ultimately from Ancient Greek εἴδωλον (eídōlon, image, idol). Other cognates include Albanian idhull, Romanian idol, English idol, etc.

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  • IPA(key): [ˈidoɫ]
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и́дол (ídolm (relational adjective и́долски)

  1. (religion) idol (an object of worship, often embodying a deity)
  2. (figurative) idol (a person who is highly famous or revered)

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References

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  • идол”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • идол”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈidɔɫ]
  • IPA(key): [iˈdɔɫ] (non-standard, common)

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идол (idolm (feminine идолка)

  1. idol
  2. role model

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Russian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic идолъ (idolŭ), from Ancient Greek εἴδωλον (eídōlon, image, idol).

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и́дол (ídolm anim (genitive и́дола, nominative plural и́долы, genitive plural и́долов)

  1. idol
  2. (colloquial) callous person

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Serbo-Croatian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ǐdoːl/
  • Hyphenation: и‧дол

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ѝдо̄л m (Latin spelling ìdōl)

  1. idol

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Ukrainian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic идолъ (idolŭ), from Ancient Greek εἴδωλον (eídōlon, image, idol). Forms starting with "и" were returned to the literary standard in the 2019 reform.[1]

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и́дол (ýdolm pers (genitive и́дола, nominative plural и́доли, genitive plural и́долів, feminine и́долка, relational adjective и́дольський)

  1. Alternative form of і́дол (ídol)

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  1. ^ Українська національна комісія з питань правопису (2019 May 22) “Український правопис 2019”, in mon.gov.ua[1], Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, archived from the original on 3 June 2019

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