свидетел

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian свиде́тель (svidételʹ), formally an agent noun of the obsolete сведя (svedja, “to witness, to know”) +‎ -тел (-tel) (in Russian, OCS -ѣ- sometimes transforms into -и-). Replaced the native Bulgarian сведок (svedok).

Noun

свиде́тел • (svidétel) m

1. witness

Declension

Declension of свиде́тел

	singular	plural
indefinite	свиде́тел svidétel	свиде́тели svidételi
definite (subject form)	свиде́телят svidételjat	свиде́телите svidételite
definite (object form)	свиде́теля svidételja
vocative form	свиде́телю svidételju	свиде́тели svidételi

Derived terms

• свидете́лствам (svidetélstvam, “to act as an witness (in the court)”)
• свидете́лство (svidetélstvo, “evidence”)

Related terms

• сведение (svedenie, “information”)
• ведие (vedie, “knowledge”)

References

• “свидетел”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “свидетел”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 546