вития

Bulgarian

Etymology

An old ī-stem agent noun borrowed from Russian вити́я (vitíja), ultimately from Old Church Slavonic вѣтии (větii), from Proto-Slavic *věti. Reanalyzed in Russian and whence Bulgarian with the suffix -ия (-ija).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [viˈtijɐ]

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Noun

вити́я • (vitíja) m (feminine вити́йка)

1. (historical) orator

   Synonym: ора́тор (orátor)

Declension

Declension of вити́я

	singular	plural
indefinite	вити́я vitíja	вити́и vitíi
definite	вити́ята vitíjata	вити́ите vitíite

Alternative forms

• вети́я (vetíja) — dated

Derived terms

• вити́йство (vitíjstvo, “oratory”)

Related terms

• веща́я (veštája, “to claim”) (obsolete)
• вет (vet, “talk”) (obsolete)
  • заве́т (zavét, “covenant”)
  • съве́т (sǎvét, “advise”)
  • приве́т (privét, “salute”)

References

• “вития”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “вития”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “вития”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 154