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Inherited from Old Ruthenian офера (ofera), from Old Polish ofiara.[1][2]

  • IPA(key): [axˈvʲara]
  • Rhymes: -ara
  • Hyphenation: ах‧вя‧ра

ахвя́ра (axvjáraf inan (genitive ахвя́ры, nominative plural ахвя́ры, genitive plural ахвя́р, relational adjective ахвя́рны)

  1. sacrifice (an object or living being offered as a gift to a deity according to the rites of some religions)
  2. sacrifice (a voluntary concession, denial, renunciation in favor of someone, something)
    • 2024, Adriano Leonel, Адмова: Поўнае кіраўніцтва па барацьбе з гэтым болем[1], page 269:

      Нягледзячы на тое, што свет можа адмовіцца ад нас, ахвяра Езуса нагадвае нам, што Бог заўсёды прымае нас. Гэта дае нам сілы супрацьстаяць любой адмове з упэўненасцю і надзеяй.

      Njahljedzjačy na tóje, što svjet móža admóvicca ad nas, axvjara Jezusa nahadvaje nam, što Boh zaŭsjódy prymaje nas. Heta daje nam sily supracʹstajacʹ ljubój admóvje z upeŭnjenascju i nadzjejaj.
      Although the world can abandon us, the sacrifice of Jesus reminds us that God always accepts us. It gives us strength to resist any refusal with confidence and hope.
  3. victim (about someone who has suffered or died from some misfortune, natural disaster, etc.)
  1. ^ Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1978), “ахвя́ра”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 1 (А – бячэ́йка), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 215
  2. ^ Bulyka, A. M., editor (2003), “офера”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 23 (осударский – паписта), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 323
  • ахвяра”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
  • ахвяра” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org