адепт

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Adept and Russian аде́пт (adɛ́pt), from Latin adeptus, past participle of adipīscor (reach, arrive at).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɐˈdɛpt]
  • (file)

Noun

аде́пт • (adépt) m

  1. supporter, adherent, follower

Declension

References

  • адепт”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • адепт”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “адѐпт”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 4
  • адепт”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 19

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adeptus, past participle of adipīscor (reach, arrive at), possibly via French adepte.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɐˈdɛpt] (phonetic respelling: адэ́пт)
  • (file)

Noun

аде́пт • (adɛ́pt) m anim (genitive аде́пта, nominative plural аде́пты, genitive plural аде́птов)

  1. adherent, follower

Declension

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Latin adeptus, past participle of adipīscor (reach, arrive at), possibly via French adepte.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɐˈdɛpt]
  • (file)

Noun

аде́пт • (adépt) m pers (genitive аде́пта, nominative plural аде́пти, genitive plural аде́птів)

  1. (literary) adherent, follower
    Synonyms: послідо́вник m (poslidóvnyk), прибі́чник m (prybíčnyk), прихи́льник m (pryxýlʹnyk)

Declension

Further reading

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