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Ukrainian
Etymology
From бу́ква (búkva, “letter”) + -о- (-o-) + -їд (-jid, “eater”). Compare Russian буквое́д (bukvojéd), Belarusian буквае́д (bukvajéd).
Pronunciation
Noun
буквої́д • (bukvojíd) m pers (genitive буквої́да, nominative plural буквої́ди, genitive plural буквої́дів, feminine буквої́дка, relational adjective буквої́дський)
- (ironic) pedant, dryasdust (person who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points)
- Synonyms: педа́нт m (pedánt), формалі́ст m (formalíst)
Declension
Declension of буквої́д (pers hard masc-form accent-a)
Derived terms
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “буквоїд”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2010), “буквоїд”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (а – бязь), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “буквоїд”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “буквоїд”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “буквоїд”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “буквоїд”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “буквоїд”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)