What's the Meaning of Cnacn N Coxpahn? Translation Please!

[InnerPhyre]

I was wondering if someone could provide a translation for the inscription on the back of my crucifix? I have no idea what language it's in. It reads:

CNACH H COXPAHH

 

[RobNJ]

CNACH H COXPAHH

MADE IN JAPAN

 

[MariaRegina]

It's Russian to me.

 

[InnerPhyre]

MADE IN JAPAN

Iiye! Nihon kara arimasendeshita!

 

[MariaRegina]

Iiye! Nihon kara arimasendeshita!

Ah ha!

Okay, what are you saying in Japanese?

Please provide a gloss. Thanks.

 

[InnerPhyre]

Ah ha!

Okay, what are you saying in Japanese?

Please provide a gloss. Thanks.

"No! It is not from Japan!"

 

[Philip]

'Hey, Bob, lets put some random letters on the back of this and see if people notice.'

 

[MariaRegina]

Seriously, it does look like Russian (Church Slavonic).

Does your priest understand Church Slavonic?

 

[InnerPhyre]

Seriously, it does look like Russian (Church Slavonic).

Does your priest understand Church Slavonic?

Yes he does. I'll have to ask him.

 

[RobNJ]

Did you buy this yourself?
If so, post a link.... some other source might translate the inscription.

 

[ThePilgrim]

I was wondering if someone could provide a translation for the inscription on the back of my crucifix? I have no idea what language it's in. It reads:

CNACH H COXPAHH

LOL. The inscription reads "Save and preserve." It's in Russian. It was neat to see how you typed the Russian letters with English ones that looked similar to the Russian ones. A trasliteration would be "Spasi i sokhrani", or "Спаси и Сохрани."

It's a phrase that's very commonly written on the back of crosses and icons in Russia, unless it's an icon of the Theoktokos, in which case they say "Пресвятая Богородице, Спаси нас" or "Most Holy Theotokos, save us!"

Grace and peace,
John

 

[MariaRegina]

LOL. The inscription reads "Save and preserve." It's in Russian. It was neat to see how you typed the Russian letters with English ones that looked similar to the Russian ones. A trasliteration would be "Spasi i sokhrani", or "Спаси и Сохрани."

It's a phrase that's very commonly written on the back of crosses and icons in Russia, unless it's an icon of the Theoktokos, in which case they say "Пресвятая Богородице, Спаси нас" or "Most Holy Theotokos, save us!"

Grace and peace,
John

I knew it was Russian and I figured that he fudged on the graphemes. Pilgrim, what font did you use?

Hint: Look at the Lucida Sans Unicode. That site has Greek, Russian and Armenian among other languages. And it has the International Phonetic Alphabet.

RobNJ - please help here.

I'm just not sure how to use Lucida Sans Unicode at CF yet. Sometimes it works and othertimes I must be doing something wrong.

Do I just type it in a window and then cut and paste? Or must I post the font type like I do when italicing a word?

 

[InnerPhyre]

Excellent. Thanks John!

 

[ThePilgrim]

I knew it was Russian and I figured that he fudged on the graphemes. Pilgrim, what font did you use?

Hint: Look at the Lucida Sans Unicode. That site has Greek, Russian and Armenian among other languages. And it has the International Phonetic Alphabet.

RobNJ - please help here.

I'm just not sure how to use Lucida Sans Unicode at CF yet. Sometimes it works and othertimes I must be doing something wrong.

Do I just type it in a window and then cut and paste? Or must I post the font type like I do when italicing a word?

I type in Russian quite often, so I just have my iMac set up to switch easily between the two... I just push Apple + Space and it switches over to Cyrillic. Sorry I don't know anything about the specific fonts, or how to do it on a PC :-(

Grace and peace,
John

 

[ThePilgrim]

Excellent. Thanks John!

Не за что ;-)

 

[ufonium2]

I'm a crackhead. I was sitting here thinking, "I know what 'spasi' means, but what is 'snasi'? Yeesh.

I spent much of today speaking Russian, as the Russian dept at school actually had a meatfare celebration. Part of "cultural diversity month," but fun nonetheless.