витег
Bulgarian
Etymology
From the Germanic borrowing Proto-Slavic *vitędzь with reverted second palatalization. Doublet of Bulgarian ви́кинг (víking, “viking”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvitɛk]
Noun
ви́тег • (víteg) m
- (poetic) hero, knight (legendary figure)
- Synonyms: геро́й (gerój), големе́ц (goleméc), юна́к (junák)
Alternative forms
- ви́тез (vítez)
- ви́тяз (vítjaz) (Russian borrowing)
- ви́тяк (vítjak) (reanalyzed with the agentative suffix -ак (-ak))
- ви́тец (vítec) (reanalyzed with the agentative suffix -ец (-ec))
Declension
Declension of ви́тег
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | ви́тег víteg | ви́тези vítezi |
| definite (subject form) | ви́тегът vítegǎt | ви́тезите vítezite |
| definite (object form) | ви́тега vítega | |
| vocative form | ви́теже víteže | ви́тези vítezi |
See also
- варя́г (varjág, “Varangian”)
References
- витег in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
- Georgiev Vl. I., editor (1971) , “витег, витек, витец”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 154