Translation
holy, sacred; saint
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Examples
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That day is holy for all of us.
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In the holy book other words are written.
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The priest spoke about the holy life.
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The church bears the name of a holy man.
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For him love of the language was a sacred matter.
The root is the adjective, and the saint himself is o, that -- suffix again making a person out of a quality. From there you get o for holiness and i for to consecrate. It is not confined to religion: anything treated as inviolable can be , so is a sacred duty and Esperantists apply it freely to principles. In names it is usually abbreviated, S-ta Petro, on the same pattern as S-ro for .
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Word family
Words built on sankta with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- sanktejonoun
sanctuary, shrine
sankta-ej-: a holy place
- sanktulonoun
saint
sankta-ul-: a holy person
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 4, lesson 13: sankta, posedi, sciigi and 7 more words.