Re:Unicode character “ꙮ” (U+A66E) is being updated
by robocat on Monday September 19, 2022 @04:24PM
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Might as well mention “Sancta Marīa” in Latin, for example from the Christian Hail Mary[1], a recorded Latin version[2], written Latin next to English and Spanish[3] and of course translated into thousands of languages[4] although unfortunately mostly written using /A-Z/i; I am an atheist interested in languages.
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hail_Mary
[2] https://glaemscrafu.jrrvf.com/english/avemaria.html
[3] https://hymnary.org/text/hail_mary_full_of_grace_the_lord_is...
[4] http://www.marysrosaries.com/Rosary_prayers_in_different_lan...
Re:Unicode character “ꙮ” (U+A66E) is being updated
by thaumasiotes on Monday September 19, 2022 @07:09PM
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In my mind, the Latin form of Mary is Mariam, because that's what my Latin teacher taught me. (He also commented that, unlike Greek names, Hebrew names never inflected in Latin, so that it would be "Mariam" regardless of what case the name should appear in.)
But it makes sense that Church Latin would be different.
Well, santa is a Spanish word meaning "holy" and saint is a cognate French word meaning the same thing. They descend from Latin sanctus; compare sanctify.
When the prayer goes "holy Mary, mother of god", "holy Mary" is an exact equivalent of "santa María".