Changes in the language occur constantly, especially when it comes to vocabulary. In this regard, the expansion of the vocabulary of a person is a necessary, continuous process, requiring constant study of new words, as well as the assimilation of new meanings of already familiar expressions. Of great difficulty for a modern, mainly secular, person is the words related to church vocabulary, the so-called Church Slavisms. One of these words is “right hand”. Let's see what it means and when used.
Meaning of the word "right hand"
This adverb is akin to such an Old Slavonic word as “right hand”, “right hand”. Let's try to guess the meaning. Knowing this fact, through simple thought, we can easily guess the meaning of this word - if something is located "right hand", then it is on the side of the right hand, to the right of the person. This word also has analogues in the modern language. A synonym for this Church Slavism is the expression "on the right hand," "on the right side." By the way, this word has an antonym associated with the ancient name of the left hand, the word "shuya". The dialect, the opposite of “Odessa,” in meaning, sounds like “oshuyu” or “oshuyu”. In addition, these words were used as synonyms for paradise ("right hand") and hell ("oshuyu"). In addition, there is the single-root verb "to despise", that is, "to be placed at the right hand of someone, on his right hand."
Examples of use
Memorizing the meaning of a word is much easier and better with the help of examples. They will show the correct use of this dialect, which is found mainly in religious literature. Here are a few suggestions that come from various church texts:
- Oshuyu and Odessa will go no ranks.
- You were blinded, and we joked, you have found mercy, you have been acquitted, have mercy, and we are guilty of mercy.
- First of all, she sat with the Christ-man-lover at the right hand of her father, embodied with him and lit her light on earth.
- In the Symbol of Faith and in some prayers we see that the Church professes "the sitting of God the Son at the right hand of God the Father."
Finally
Changing the vocabulary of a language is a constant process, which is an integral part of its development. Words come into the language, go out of it, becoming obsolete, go out of use. Some of them are preserved in literary works and stable phrases. The expansion of vocabulary is an important element in the development of any self-respecting person, providing him with a beautiful and competent speech.