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

  1. witness

Declension
Declension of свиде́тел
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 an witness (in the court)”)
  • свидете́лство (svidetélstvo, “evidence”)
  • 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), volumes 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 546
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