библия

Borrowed from Latin biblia or directly from Ancient Greek βιβλία (biblía, “books”), ultimately from βίβλος (bíblos, “book”), a variant of βύβλος (búblos, “papyrus”). The word is derived from the name of the Phoenician city Byblos, which was known for exporting papyri in ancient times.

би́блия • (bíblija) f

1. Bible (the sacred texts of the Christians)
2. bible (comprehensive manual)

• библиотека (biblioteka, “library”)
• библейски (biblejski, “depicted in the Bible”)

First attested 1499. Borrowed from Latin biblia, from Ancient Greek βιβλία (biblía, “books”), ultimately from Ancient Greek βίβλος (bíblos, “book”), a variant of Ancient Greek βύβλος (búblos, “papyrus”). The word is derived from the name of the Phoenician city Byblos, which was known for exporting papyri in ancient times.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbʲiblʲɪjə]

би́блия • (bíblija) f inan (genitive би́блии, nominative plural би́блии, genitive plural би́блий, related adjective библе́йский)

1. Bible

   Synonyms: Би́блия (Bíblija), Свяще́нное Писа́ние (Svjaščénnoje Pisánije), Писа́ние (Pisánije)

2. bible

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “библия”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress