невежа
BulgarianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Russian неве́жа (nevéža). Displaced native неве́жда (nevéžda).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
неве́жа • (nevéža) m or f
DeclensionEdit
Declension of неве́жа
Related termsEdit
- неве́ж (nevéž)
- вежли́в (vežlív), вежли́во (vežlívo), вежли́вост (vežlívost)
RussianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- невѣ́жа (nevě́ža) – Pre-reform orthography (1918)
EtymologyEdit
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).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
неве́жа • (nevéža) m anim or f anim (genitive неве́жи, nominative plural неве́жи, genitive plural неве́ж)
- boor, lout, ill-mannered person
DeclensionEdit
Declension of неве́жа (anim fem-form sibilant-stem accent-a)
Derived termsEdit
- неве́жество (nevéžestvo)
- неве́жественный (nevéžestvennyj)
Related termsEdit
- ве́жливый (véžlivyj)
- неве́жливый (nevéžlivyj)
ReferencesEdit
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “невежа”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress