серафимъ

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

Borrowed from Koine Greek σεραφίμ (seraphím), then from Biblical Hebrew שְׂרָפִים (śərāp̄îm)

Noun

серафимъ • (serafimŭ) m

  1. seraphim
    серафими мъногоочитии ― serafimi mŭnogoočitii ― many-eyed seraphims
  2. serapeum

References

Cejtlin, R.M.; Večerka, R.; Blagova, E., editors (1994), “серафимъ”, in Staroslavjanskij slovarʹ (po rukopisjam X—XI vekov) [Old Church Slavonic Dictionary (Based on 10–11th Century Manuscripts)], Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 601

Russian

Etymology

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Noun

серафи́мъ • (serafím) m anim (genitive серафи́ма, nominative plural серафи́мы, genitive plural серафи́мовъ)

  1. Pre-1918 spelling of серафим (serafim).

Declension
Pre-reform declension of серафи́мъ (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative серафи́мъ
serafím		 серафи́мы
serafímy
genitive серафи́ма
serafíma		 серафи́мовъ
serafímov
dative серафи́му
serafímu		 серафи́мамъ
serafímam
accusative серафи́ма
serafíma		 серафи́мовъ
serafímov
instrumental серафи́момъ
serafímom		 серафи́мами
serafímami
prepositional серафи́мѣ
serafímě		 серафи́махъ
serafímax

References

Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “Сераф”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

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