нежит
Bulgarian
Etymology
By surface analysis, не- (ne-, negating particle) + Proto-Slavic *žitъ (“alive”).
Noun
нежи́т • (nežít) m (relational adjective нежи́тен) (dialectal)
- (Slavic mythology) undead, phantasm, malevolous creature
- (by extension) cause of disease, miasma, malady
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | нежи́т nežít |
нежи́ти nežíti |
| definite (subject form) |
нежи́тът nežítǎt |
нежи́тите nežítite |
| definite (object form) |
нежи́та nežíta | |
| count form | — | нежи́та nežíta |
| vocative form | нежи́те nežíte |
нежи́ти nežíti |
Related terms
- жи́то (žíto, “grain”)
References
- “нежит”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Nayden Gerov (1899) “нежи́тъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language][1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 260
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “нежит”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 600
- “нежитъ”, in Старобългарски речник [Dictionary of Old Bulgarian] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2025
Russian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈnʲeʐɨt]
Verb
не́жит • (néžit)
- third-person singular present indicative imperfective of не́жить (néžitʹ)