свидетел
Bulgarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian свиде́тель (svidételʹ), formally an agent noun of the obsolete сведя (svedja, “to witness, to know”) + -тел (-tel) (in Russian, OCS -ѣ- sometimes transforms into -и-). Replaced the native Bulgarian сведок (svedok).
Noun
свиде́тел • (svidétel) m
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | свиде́тел svidétel |
свиде́тели svidételi |
| definite (subject form) |
свиде́телят svidételjat |
свиде́телите svidételite |
| definite (object form) |
свиде́теля svidételja | |
| vocative form | свиде́телю svidételju |
свиде́тели svidételi |
Derived terms
- свидете́лствам (svidetélstvam, “to act as a witness (in the court)”)
- свидете́лство (svidetélstvo, “evidence”)
Related terms
- сведение (svedenie, “information”)
- ведие (vedie, “knowledge”)
References
- “свидетел”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “свидетел”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 546