Від розширення семантики релігійного слова – до загальновживаної лексики української мови
From a religious term with a wider semantics to a general lexis of the Ukrainian language

Summary/Abstract: The adjectives духовний and поганий went beyond the religious sphere due to the expansion of religious meanings (духовний “related to the Christian worldview” → “related to the inner world of a person”, поганий “unbaptized” → “anyone who does not meet the requirements of the speaker”). In the adjective духовний amelioration of meaning also took place (“related to the inner world of a person” → “related to a rich inner mental life of a person”). All these processes are based on the appreciation of the Christian faith, native to the Ukrainians (“approval of the Christian worldview” → “approval of the inner world of a person”, “disapproval of someone / something related to the non-Christian religion” → “disapproval of someone / something”), witnessing the powerful inner energy of a religious word capable of creating such stable derived meanings.

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