GOD’S NUCLEAR NOMINATIONS IN RUSSIAN: LEXICOGRAPHIC ASPECT

Abstract

The article considers the features of a lexicographic description of the vocabulary calling the Almighty in Russian. Based on the body of sensible dictionaries, the author of the article reveals a set of nuclear nominations that have been used to nominate God for a long time. Analysis of the composition of nominations, interpretations, stylistic droppings, illustrative material allows us to talk about several stages of representations of God in the Russian language picture of the world. The modern presentation is close to how the image of God was characterized in the Russian language consciousness of the 19th century and earlier. The author of the article introduces the concept of “God’s nuclear nominations” into scientific circulation, which characterizes a constant set of lexemes that has been preserved for a long time. The identified lexeme corpus will help in the analysis of God’s nomination methods in various types of texts in the synchronous and diachronic aspects.