нивя

Bulgarian

Etymology

Formally from Proto-Slavic *ňivьja pl, equivalent to нива (niva) +‎ -я (-ja). Related to dialectal Bulgarian нивье (nivje).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [niˈvʲa̟]

Noun

нивя́ • (nivjá)

indefinite plural of ни́ва (níva) (poetic, collective): fields

Inflection

Declension of нивя́

	plural
indefinite	нивя́ nivjá
definite	нивя́та nivjáta

References

нивя in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
нивя in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)

Further reading

Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1999), “*nivьje”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 25 (*neroditi – *novotьnъ(jь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 139

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