sacrifice

Etymology 1
From, from , and , (modern 🇨🇬), from , from. The noun is the nominalized neuter of the adjective, ultimately from , and the verb  is ultimately from. Related Latin formations include and.



Noun

 * 1) Originally, the killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; later, also the offering of an object to a deity.
 * 2) A human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing (see ), offered to a deity.
 * 3)  The offering of devotion, penitence, prayer, thanksgiving, etc., to a deity.
 * 4) Jesus Christ's voluntary offering of himself to God the Father to be crucified as atonement for the sins of humankind.
 * 5)  The rite of Holy Communion or the Mass, regarded as  an offering of thanksgiving to God for Christ's crucifixion, or  a perpetual re-enactment of Christ's sacrificial offering.
 * 6) The destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable; also, the thing destroyed or surrendered for this purpose.
 * 7)   or.
 * 8)  In full sacrifice bid: a bid of a contract which is unlikely to be fulfilled, that a player makes in the hope that they will incur fewer penalty points than the points likely to be gained by opponents in making their contract.
 * 9)  A monetary loss incurred by selling something at less than its value; also, the thing thus sold.
 * 10)  An act of intentionally allowing one's piece to be captured by the opponent in order to improve one's position in the game.
 * 1)  The offering of devotion, penitence, prayer, thanksgiving, etc., to a deity.
 * 2) Jesus Christ's voluntary offering of himself to God the Father to be crucified as atonement for the sins of humankind.
 * 3)  The rite of Holy Communion or the Mass, regarded as  an offering of thanksgiving to God for Christ's crucifixion, or  a perpetual re-enactment of Christ's sacrificial offering.
 * 4) The destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable; also, the thing destroyed or surrendered for this purpose.
 * 5)   or.
 * 6)  In full sacrifice bid: a bid of a contract which is unlikely to be fulfilled, that a player makes in the hope that they will incur fewer penalty points than the points likely to be gained by opponents in making their contract.
 * 7)  A monetary loss incurred by selling something at less than its value; also, the thing thus sold.
 * 8)  An act of intentionally allowing one's piece to be captured by the opponent in order to improve one's position in the game.
 * 1) The destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable; also, the thing destroyed or surrendered for this purpose.
 * 2)   or.
 * 3)  In full sacrifice bid: a bid of a contract which is unlikely to be fulfilled, that a player makes in the hope that they will incur fewer penalty points than the points likely to be gained by opponents in making their contract.
 * 4)  A monetary loss incurred by selling something at less than its value; also, the thing thus sold.
 * 5)  An act of intentionally allowing one's piece to be captured by the opponent in order to improve one's position in the game.
 * 1)   or.
 * 2)  In full sacrifice bid: a bid of a contract which is unlikely to be fulfilled, that a player makes in the hope that they will incur fewer penalty points than the points likely to be gained by opponents in making their contract.
 * 3)  A monetary loss incurred by selling something at less than its value; also, the thing thus sold.
 * 4)  An act of intentionally allowing one's piece to be captured by the opponent in order to improve one's position in the game.
 * 1)   or.
 * 2)  In full sacrifice bid: a bid of a contract which is unlikely to be fulfilled, that a player makes in the hope that they will incur fewer penalty points than the points likely to be gained by opponents in making their contract.
 * 3)  A monetary loss incurred by selling something at less than its value; also, the thing thus sold.
 * 4)  An act of intentionally allowing one's piece to be captured by the opponent in order to improve one's position in the game.
 * 1)  An act of intentionally allowing one's piece to be captured by the opponent in order to improve one's position in the game.
 * 1)  An act of intentionally allowing one's piece to be captured by the opponent in order to improve one's position in the game.
 * 1)  An act of intentionally allowing one's piece to be captured by the opponent in order to improve one's position in the game.

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: ахвярапрынашэ́нне
 * Bengali: বলি ,
 * Bulgarian: : жертвоприноше́ние
 * Catalan: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: oferaĵo
 * French: ,
 * Gothic: 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃, 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐍃𐌻
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: θυσία
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Latin: sacrificium; victima, hostia
 * Latvian:
 * Macedonian:
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam:
 * Maltese: sagrifiċċju
 * Maori: raukakai, whakahere
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ofring
 * Nynorsk: ofring
 * Old English: offering, blōt
 * Plautdietsch: Opfa
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Swahili:
 * Tocharian B: telki
 * Ugaritic: 𐎄𐎁𐎈
 * Ukrainian: жертвоприне́сення
 * Welsh: aberth


 * Arabic: تَضْحِيَة, قُرْبَان
 * Armenian: ,
 * Asturian: sacrificiu
 * Avar: къурбан
 * Azerbaijani:, qurbanlıq
 * Belarusian:
 * Bengali: ,
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: ohverdus
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * Galician: sacrificio
 * Georgian: მსხვერპლი, ზვარაკი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: θυσία
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:, , क़ुर्बानी,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kazakh: құрбандық
 * Khmer:, , ,
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: قوربانی
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Latin: sacrificium
 * Latvian:
 * Macedonian: жртва
 * Malayalam:
 * Maltese: sagrifiċċju
 * Maore Comorian: sadaka
 * Maori: raupanga
 * Mongolian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: offer
 * Old English: blōt, ġeblōt, lāc
 * Old French: sacrifise
 * Pashto:
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch: Opfa
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: ìobairt
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: жртва
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: obeta
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik: қурбонӣ
 * Telugu:
 * Thai:, เมธ
 * Turkish: ,
 * Turkmen: gurbanlyk, gurban
 * Ukrainian: же́ртва, офі́ра, поже́ртвування
 * Urdu: قربانی
 * Uyghur: قۇربانلىق, قۇربان
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh: aberth


 * Finnish:
 * Macedonian:


 * Finnish:
 * Macedonian:


 * Bulgarian: жертване
 * Finnish:
 * Macedonian:
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, oppofring
 * Nynorsk: oppofring
 * Polish: ,


 * Finnish:
 * Macedonian:


 * Finnish:
 * Macedonian:


 * Finnish:
 * Macedonian:

Etymology 2
From, from (see etymology 1) +.

Verb

 * 1)  To offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity.
 * 2) To destroy or kill (a human being or an animal); specifically, to kill (an animal) for a scientific experiment or test.
 * 3) To destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable.
 * 4)  Of a batter: to advance (one or more runners on base) by batting the ball so it can be fielded, placing the batter out but with insufficient time to put the runner(s) out.
 * 5)  To sell (something) at less than its value, thus incurring a monetary loss.
 * 6)  To intentionally allow (a piece) to be captured by the opponent in order to improve one's position in the game.
 * 7)  To offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity.
 * 8)  Of a batter: to bat the ball so that it can be fielded, placing the batter out but allowing one or more runners on base to advance.
 * 9)  To make a bid of a contract which is unlikely to be fulfilled, in the hope that that the player will incur fewer penalty points than the points likely to be gained by opponents in making their contract.
 * 10)  To celebrate Holy Communion or Mass.
 * 1) To destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable.
 * 2)  Of a batter: to advance (one or more runners on base) by batting the ball so it can be fielded, placing the batter out but with insufficient time to put the runner(s) out.
 * 3)  To sell (something) at less than its value, thus incurring a monetary loss.
 * 4)  To intentionally allow (a piece) to be captured by the opponent in order to improve one's position in the game.
 * 5)  To offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity.
 * 6)  Of a batter: to bat the ball so that it can be fielded, placing the batter out but allowing one or more runners on base to advance.
 * 7)  To make a bid of a contract which is unlikely to be fulfilled, in the hope that that the player will incur fewer penalty points than the points likely to be gained by opponents in making their contract.
 * 8)  To celebrate Holy Communion or Mass.
 * 1)  Of a batter: to advance (one or more runners on base) by batting the ball so it can be fielded, placing the batter out but with insufficient time to put the runner(s) out.
 * 2)  To sell (something) at less than its value, thus incurring a monetary loss.
 * 3)  To intentionally allow (a piece) to be captured by the opponent in order to improve one's position in the game.
 * 4)  To offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity.
 * 5)  Of a batter: to bat the ball so that it can be fielded, placing the batter out but allowing one or more runners on base to advance.
 * 6)  To make a bid of a contract which is unlikely to be fulfilled, in the hope that that the player will incur fewer penalty points than the points likely to be gained by opponents in making their contract.
 * 7)  To celebrate Holy Communion or Mass.
 * 1)  Of a batter: to advance (one or more runners on base) by batting the ball so it can be fielded, placing the batter out but with insufficient time to put the runner(s) out.
 * 2)  To sell (something) at less than its value, thus incurring a monetary loss.
 * 3)  To intentionally allow (a piece) to be captured by the opponent in order to improve one's position in the game.
 * 4)  To offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity.
 * 5)  Of a batter: to bat the ball so that it can be fielded, placing the batter out but allowing one or more runners on base to advance.
 * 6)  To make a bid of a contract which is unlikely to be fulfilled, in the hope that that the player will incur fewer penalty points than the points likely to be gained by opponents in making their contract.
 * 7)  To celebrate Holy Communion or Mass.
 * 1)  Of a batter: to bat the ball so that it can be fielded, placing the batter out but allowing one or more runners on base to advance.
 * 2)  To make a bid of a contract which is unlikely to be fulfilled, in the hope that that the player will incur fewer penalty points than the points likely to be gained by opponents in making their contract.
 * 3)  To celebrate Holy Communion or Mass.
 * 1)  Of a batter: to bat the ball so that it can be fielded, placing the batter out but allowing one or more runners on base to advance.
 * 2)  To make a bid of a contract which is unlikely to be fulfilled, in the hope that that the player will incur fewer penalty points than the points likely to be gained by opponents in making their contract.
 * 3)  To celebrate Holy Communion or Mass.
 * 1)  To celebrate Holy Communion or Mass.

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: ضَحَّى
 * Armenian: ,
 * Asturian: sacrificar
 * Belarusian: ахвяро́ўваць,
 * Bengali: বলিদান করা, কুরবান করা
 * Bulgarian: принасям в жертва
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: obětovat
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Egyptian:
 * Esperanto: oferi
 * Estonian: ohverdama
 * Faroese: bjóða, geva gávu
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: sacrificar
 * Georgian: შეწირვა, მსხვერპლშეწირვა
 * German:
 * Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: θύω
 * Hebrew: הקריב
 * Hindi: क़ुरबान करना
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:, gefa til
 * Ido:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Khmer:, , ,
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: قوربان کردن
 * Lao: ພະລີ, ບູຊາ
 * Latin: sacrificō, condono
 * Latvian: upurēt, ziedot
 * Macedonian:
 * Maori: raupanga, whakahere
 * Mongolian: тахил өргөх,
 * Norwegian:
 * Old English: blōtan, offrian
 * Polish:, złożyć w ofierze
 * Portuguese:
 * Punjabi:
 * Gurmukhi: ਵਾਰਨਾ
 * Shahmukhi: وارنا
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: жртвовати
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: obetovať, obetovať sa
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: ,
 * Turkish: kurban etmek
 * Ugaritic: 𐎄𐎁𐎈
 * Ukrainian:
 * Vietnamese:, ,
 * Walloon:, sacrifyî
 * Welsh:


 * Finnish:
 * Macedonian:


 * Armenian: ,
 * Bulgarian: жертвам
 * Catalan: ,
 * Czech: obětovat
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: loovutama
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: sacrificar
 * Georgian: შეწირვა, გაწირვა
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: لەخۆبوردن, فیداکاری, پێناوکردن
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian:
 * Maori: raupanga
 * Norwegian:
 * Old English: āġiefan
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Punjabi:
 * Gurmukhi: ਵਾਰਨਾ
 * Shahmukhi: وارنا
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: жртвовати
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: obetovať, obetovať
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Vietnamese: ,
 * Welsh:


 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:, uhrautua
 * Macedonian:


 * Estonian: loovutama
 * Finnish: myydä tappiolla
 * Greek:
 * Macedonian:
 * Polish: ,


 * Bulgarian: жертвам
 * Finnish:
 * Greek:
 * Macedonian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Turkish: fjtif


 * Finnish:
 * Macedonian:


 * Finnish: käydä ehtoollisella
 * Macedonian:


 * Esperanto:
 * Persian:
 * Romanian:

Etymology
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Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) a sacrifice:
 * 2) the act of offering a slain animal or goods to a deity (often by burning)
 * 3) a sacrificial offering; the victim or thing offered in sacrifice