Human speech is an amazing phenomenon, not only in itself, but also because we use words, most of which have existed for more than one thousand years. Just think, we communicate almost like our ancestors did dozens of knees back! And even those words and expressions that seem mysterious and incomprehensible to a modern native speaker, upon close examination, turn out to be “familiar strangers”. One of them will be discussed in this article.
One of the names of man
When reading old books, you have often come across a strange word: name. “What is this?” They asked themselves perplexedly. Is it a foreign word, or abracadabra is meaningless? Do not rush to pronounce a sentence. This is a very old word that came to us from the
Church Slavonic language. It was formed by the fusion of two roots - the name and the
rivers (rivers). It turned out a name. What does it mean? Its first part - “name” - denotes the actual name of the person. "Rek" is the old form of the word "speech", speaking, pronouncing this name. It was originally used in spiritual prayer texts as an indication that it should be replaced by: Vasily, Anna, Eugenia, etc. That is, a personal name is a name. What is it, not only the priests know well, but also the clerks. The expression was often used in official papers until the beginning of the twentieth century. It indicated that in this place personal data (surname, name, patronymic) of the person in question should be affixed. There is a synonym for the word name. What this can be explained by another term - "instance". It denotes a specific name or concept, given as an example for the name of a place or person.
Sacrament of prayer
We will now examine specific examples. What is a name in prayer? Suppose it is addressed to some saint (saint). If the text is read in the usual prayer book (prayer book), without specifying a specific person, then instead of this expression you should name the one to whom you are addressing. For example, to St. Nicholas,
John Chrysostom, and so on: “O Nicholas, the Lord's servant, intercede for us sinners!” This is what the name means in prayers. Or, if you ask for someone, then call him. And then the “name” is synonymous with the expression “God's servant”: “Lord God, do not leave your mercy, support and help the
servant of God, Irina, recover from her ill health!” Amen".
The mystery of the conspiracy
Prayer, like a conspiracy, has the strongest energy, thanks to which their magical effect on the fate of a person is carried out. Connection to age-old egregors takes place through the sacrament of the Word, special language “formulas” that connect a person with invisible threads and mysterious forces (nature or higher) that are called to help. What is a name in a conspiracy? Same as in prayers. In place of this expression, the name of the one to whom the plot is being made should be named. For example, here is such a useful conspiracy that protects a person from all deception, theft, loss of money. It is necessary to wrap the money (bill or coin) in a handkerchief and say: “I bow to the Lord, I pray to Archangel Michael! I will deny all dashing people, from evil people with heart and thoughts, so that they don’t fool their heads, that they don’t take money away, don’t direct fog into God's slave (named Natalya), let them go by the side! May it be so! Amen". The carried warehouse (a scarf with money) carry with you. According to experts (healers), this ritual can really save a person from the corresponding negative events.
Other use of the word
In modern Russian, the expression "name" in everyday communication is quite rare. In the dictionaries is given with the mark "obsolete, book." Usually it is used in an ironic context to replace a specific someone’s name. For example: “Ilya Ivanovich was a nervous, unbalanced and even somewhat violent man. Knowing that the neighbors, mostly consisting of old women of advanced years, were rather afraid of him, this namerek took advantage of this weakness, from time to time intercepting a penny “to pay”. But, as you know, idle shelves do not exist, and therefore the gray-haired dandelions of God did not expect the return of the borrowed. ” By the way, this word was used as a pseudonym by I. S. Turgenev. Here is a name!