гвардия

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian гва́рдия (gvárdija), from Italian guardia.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

гва́рдия • (gvárdijaf

  1. guard (armed forces)
  2. the most elite and experienced of a given field

Declension

Declension of гва́рдия
singular plural
indefinite гва́рдия
gvárdija
гва́рдии
gvárdii
definite гва́рдията
gvárdijata
гва́рдиите
gvárdiite

References

  • гвардия”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • гвардия”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian guardia.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

гва́рдия • (gvárdijaf inan (genitive гва́рдии, nominative plural гва́рдии, genitive plural гва́рдий)

  1. guard (armed forces)

Declension