ustav
ustav noun: the earliest style of Cyrillic writing developed from Greek uncial in the late 9th century, predominant in the 11th–14th centuries.
Noun
ustav (plural ustavs)
- The earliest style of Cyrillic writing developed from Greek uncial in the late 9th century, predominant in the 11th–14th centuries.
- The handsomely fashioned writing is of the type described as polu-ustav (semi-uncial), which is midway between the stately ustav and the cursive, . . . —A. Aronson, Rabindranath Through Western Eyes
- A church statute prescribing daily prayer, feast days, and fasts.
- While most of the service books are employed only in the conduct of public devotion, the psalter and the ustav are widely read works that are found in every household. —David Scheffel, In the Shadow of Antichrist: The Old Believers of Alberta
Synonyms of ustav
Forms of ustav
| plural | ustavs |
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Origin of ustav
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic оуставъ (ustavŭ). Cognate of устав in modern Bulgarian and modern Russian.
Words formed from ustav
- poluustav
- polu-ustav
- semi-ustav
Questions about ustav
- What does ustav mean?
- Ustav means the earliest style of Cyrillic writing developed from Greek uncial in the late 9th century, predominant in the 11th–14th centuries.
- What part of speech is ustav?
- Ustav is a noun.
- What is the plural of ustav?
- The plural of ustav is ustavs.
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