глашатай
Bulgarian
Etymology
By surface analysis, глася́ (glasjá, “to voice”) + -тай (-taj).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɡɫɐʃɐˈtaj]
Audio: (file)
Noun
глашата́й • (glašatáj) m (feminine глашата́йка) (historical)
- spokesman, town crier, mouthpiece (person who used to make proclamations to the common folk, before the development of mass media)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | глашата́й glašatáj |
глашата́и glašatái |
| definite (subject form) |
глашата́ят glašatájat |
глашата́ите glašatáite |
| definite (object form) |
глашата́я glašatája | |
| count form | — | глашата́я glašatája |
| vocative form | глашата́ю glašatáju |
глашата́и glašatái |
References
- “глашатай”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “глашатай”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Russian
Etymology
From Old Church Slavonic глашатаи (glašatai, “herald”), itself from Proto-Slavic *golšatajь (“herald”), a compound of *golšati (“to speak”) and *-ajь (“deverbal suffix”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɡɫɐˈʂatəj]
Noun
глаша́тай • (glašátaj) m inan (genitive глаша́тая, nominative plural глаша́таи, genitive plural глаша́таев, feminine глашатайка)
- herald, spokesman, town crier, mouthpiece (person who used to make proclamations to the common folk, before the development of mass media)
Declension
Declension of глаша́тай (inan masc-form vowel-stem accent-a)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | глаша́тай glašátaj |
глаша́таи glašátai |
| genitive | глаша́тая glašátaja |
глаша́таев glašátajev |
| dative | глаша́таю glašátaju |
глаша́таям glašátajam |
| accusative | глаша́тай glašátaj |
глаша́таи glašátai |
| instrumental | глаша́таем glašátajem |
глаша́таями glašátajami |
| prepositional | глаша́тае glašátaje |
глаша́таях glašátajax |