фея
Bulgarian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
фе́я • (féja) f
- fairy (mythical being)
Declension edit
Russian edit
Etymology edit
Via German Fee or directly from French fée, from Vulgar Latin Fāta (“goddess of fate”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
фе́я • (féja) f anim (genitive фе́и, nominative plural фе́и, genitive plural фей)
- (mythology) fairy
- (figuratively) enchantress (a good-hearted, charming woman)
Declension edit
See also edit
- волше́бница f (volšébnica)
References edit
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “фея”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Ukrainian edit
Etymology edit
From French fée, from Vulgar Latin Fāta (“goddess of fate”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
фе́я • (féja) f animal (genitive фе́ї, nominative plural фе́ї)
- (mythology) fairy
- (figuratively) enchantress (a good-hearted, charming woman)
Declension edit
Declension of фе́я (animal j-stem fem-form accent-a)
See also edit
- чарівни́ця f (čarivnýcja)
References edit
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “фея”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- “фея”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
- “фея”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)