невежа
Bulgarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [nɛˈvɛʒɐ]
Declension
Related terms
- неве́ж (nevéž)
- вежли́в (vežlív), вежли́во (vežlívo), вежли́вост (vežlívost)
Russian
Alternative forms
- невѣ́жа (nevě́ža) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic невѣжа (nevěža), from Proto-Slavic *nevěďa (“ignorant person < ignorance”), from *ne- + *věďa, from *věděti (“to know”). Doublet of неве́жда (nevéžda).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [nʲɪˈvʲeʐə]
Audio (file)
Noun
неве́жа • (nevéža) m anim or f anim (genitive неве́жи, nominative plural неве́жи, genitive plural неве́ж)
- boor, lout, ill-mannered person
Declension
Derived terms
- неве́жество (nevéžestvo)
- неве́жественный (nevéžestvennyj)
Related terms
- ве́жливый (véžlivyj)
- неве́жливый (nevéžlivyj)
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “невежа”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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