# apostol
## Cebuano
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish apóstol.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: a‧pos‧tol
* IPA: /ʔaˈpostol/ [ʔɐˈpos̪.t̪ol̪]

### Noun

apóstol (Badlit spelling ᜀᜉᜓᜐ᜔ᜆᜓᜎ᜔)
* an apostle

## Hungarian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin apostolus, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστολος (apóstolos, “one who is sent”; “messenger”, “envoy”, “ambassador”; “Apostle”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɒpoʃtol]
* Hyphenation: apos‧tol
* Rhymes: -ol

### Noun

apostol (plural apostolok)
* apostle

#### Derived terms

* apostoli

### References

* ↑ apostol in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)

### Further reading

* apostol in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
* apostol in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

## Middle Welsh
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin apostolus, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστολος (apóstolos, “one sent forth, apostle”).

### Noun

apostol m (apostolion)
* apostle

#### Derived terms

* apostolol (“apostolic”)

#### Descendants

* Welsh: apostol

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Middle Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “apostol”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

## Old English
### Alternative forms

* apƚ (scribal abbreviation)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin apostolus, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστολος (apóstolos, “messenger, one sent forth”), from ἀποστέλλω (apostéllō, “I send off”), from ἀπό (apó, “from”) + στέλλω (stéllō, “I set”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑ.pos.tol/

### Noun

apostol m
* apostle

#### Declension

Strong a-stem:

#### Derived terms

* apostolhād
* apostolīċ
* ealdorapostol
* efenapostol

### References

* Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “apostol”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

## Old Frisian
### Alternative forms

* apostel

### Noun

apostol m
* apostle

#### Inflection
## Old Occitan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin apostolus, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστολος (apóstolos, “messenger, one sent forth”), from ἀποστέλλω (apostéllō, “I send off”), from ἀπό (apó, “from”) + στέλλω (stéllō, “I set”).

### Noun

apostol m (oblique plural apostols, nominative singular apostols, nominative plural apostol)
* apostle

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic апостолъ (apostolŭ), from Ancient Greek ἀπόστολος (apóstolos, “messenger, one sent forth”).

### Noun

apostol m (plural apostoli)
* apostle

#### Declension
### References

* apostol in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic апостолъ (apostolŭ), from Ancient Greek ἀπόστολος (apóstolos, “messenger, one sent forth”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ǎpostol/
* Hyphenation: a‧po‧stol

### Noun

àpostol m (Cyrillic spelling а̀постол)
* apostle

#### Declension
## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* apostoles

### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish apóstol, from Late Latin apostolus, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστολος (apóstolos, “messenger, one sent forth”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog)
** IPA: /ʔaposˈtol/ [ʔɐ.posˈt̪ol]
*** Rhymes: -ol
*** Homophone: Apostol
** IPA: /ʔaˈpostol/ [ʔɐˈpos.t̪ol]
*** Rhymes: -ostol
* Syllabification: a‧pos‧tol

### Noun

apostól or apostol (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜉᜓᜐ᜔ᜆᜓᜎ᜔)
* apostle
    Synonym: alagad

#### Related terms

* Apostol
* apostolado
* apostoliko

### Further reading

* “apostol”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
* “apostol”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

## Welsh
### Alternative forms

* abostol, bostol, ebostol, postol

### Etymology

Inherited from Middle Welsh apostol, from Ecclesiastical Latin apostolus, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστολος (apóstolos, “one sent forth, apostle”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈpɔsdɔl/, [aˈpʰɔstɔl]

### Noun

apostol m (plural apostolion or apostolon or apostlon or apostoliaid)
* (Christianity, also figuratively) apostle

#### Derived terms

* apostolaidd, apostolig (“apostolic”)
* apostoliaeth (“apostleship”)
* Gweithredoedd yr Apostolion, Actau'r Apostolion (“the Acts of the Apostles”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.