свидетел
/[sviˈdɛtɛɫ]/
Bulgariannoun
Definitions
- 1.witness
Synonyms & related words
Word family
- свидете́лствам
- свидете́лство
Related words (2)
- сведение
- ведие
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).
Forms
- свиде́телcanonical • masculine
- svidételromanization
- свиде́телindefinite • singular
- свиде́телиindefinite • plural
- свиде́телятdefinite • singular • subjective
- свиде́телитеdefinite • plural • subjective
- свиде́теляdefinite • objective • singular
- свиде́телитеdefinite • objective • plural
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Vocative | свиде́телю | свиде́тели |
Vocative
Singular
свиде́телю
Plural
свиде́тели