вития

Bulgarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [viˈtijə]

Noun

вити́я • (vitíja) m (feminine вити́йка)

(historical) orator
Synonym: ора́тор (orátor)

Alternative forms

вети́я (vetíja) (dated)

Declension

Declension of вити́я

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

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 Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
вития in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)
Georgiev Vl. I., editor (1971), “вития”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 154

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