витег

Bulgarian

Etymology

From the Germanic borrowing Proto-Slavic *vitędzь with reverted second palatalization. Doublet of ви́кинг (víking, viking).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvitɛk]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

ви́тег • (vítegm

  1. (poetic) hero, knight (legendary figure)
    Synonyms: геро́й (gerój), големе́ц (goleméc), юна́к (junák)

Declension

Declension of ви́тег
singular plural
indefinite ви́тег
víteg
ви́тези
vítezi
definite
(subject form)
ви́тегът
vítegǎt
ви́тезите
vítezite
definite
(object form)
ви́тега
vítega
vocative form ви́теже
víteže
ви́тези
vítezi

Alternative forms

  • ви́тез (vítez)
  • ви́тяз (vítjaz)Russian borrowing
  • ви́тяк (vítjak)reanalyzed with the agentative suffix -ак (-ak)
  • ви́тец (vítec)reanalyzed with the agentative suffix -ец (-ec)

See also

References

  • витег”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “витег, витек, витец”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 154