Re: [tied] Re: RO eccles. term.

--- George <george.st@...> wrote:

> gknysh wrote:
>
> >What would be a short (or not so short) list of
> >INDUBITABLY ancient ecclesiastical terms in
> Romanian
> >
> >"Biserica" certainly qualifies.
> >"Domnezeu" also qualifies.
>
> D*u*mnezeu. But Domn + with def. art. Domnul = the
> Lord.
>
> duminec�, duminic� (i.e. "the Lord's day") "Sunday"

*****GK: This also qualifies*****

> p�rinte - in the eccl. sense of father (otherwise as
> in parent/s)

******GK: I hesitate on this one*****

> Floriile & Rusaliile (Latin pagan names taken for
> Chr. holidays)

*****GK: But isn't Rusalii- Slavic?******

> p�resimi < quadragessima

*****GK: This looks promising, but how does one derive
the Romanian word from "quadragesima"?*****

> c�Slegi <caseum ligat, a period betw. 2 fastings
> L�satul (L�sata) Secului (fasting after the
> carneval)

*****GK: Not sure about these two....****** [TBC]



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