Дамаскинското слово за успението на св. Богородица в среднородопските възрожденски писмени паметници Устовски сборник и Райковски дамаскин
The Damaskin Sermon on the Dormition of the Holy Mother of God in Central Rhodope Revival Literary Monuments: the Ustovo Collection and the Raykovo Damaskin

Summary/Abstract: This article examines the use of Greek loanwords in the damaskin sermon on the Dormition of the Holy Mother of God as preserved in two Central Rhodope literary monuments from the Bulgarian National Revival period: the Ustovo Collection and the Raykovo Damaskin. Particular attention is paid to terminology related to church rites and practices that is not characteristic of the local Bulgarian dialects. At the same time, the texts contain numerous Greek loanwords that were widely integrated into the regio-nal dialectal vocabulary. A comparison of the examples found in the two manuscripts reveals the creative approach adopted by the Central Rhodope scribes in translating and adapting damaskin texts from Greek written sources.

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