ведмежа
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Ukrainian
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Ruthenian медвѣдѧ (medvědja). By surface analysis, ведмі́дь (vedmídʹ, “bear”) + -а́ (-á)
Pronunciation
Noun
ведмежа́ • (vedmežá) n animal (genitive ведмежа́ти, nominative plural ведмежа́та, genitive plural ведмежа́т, diminutive ведмежа́тко)
Declension
Declension of ведмежа́ (animal t-stem neut-form accent-b)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ведмежа́ vedmežá |
ведмежа́та vedmežáta |
| genitive | ведмежа́ти vedmežáty |
ведмежа́т vedmežát |
| dative | ведмежа́ті vedmežáti |
ведмежа́там vedmežátam |
| accusative | ведмежа́ vedmežá |
ведмежа́та, ведмежа́т vedmežáta, vedmežát |
| instrumental | ведмежа́м vedmežám |
ведмежа́тами vedmežátamy |
| locative | ведмежа́ті vedmežáti |
ведмежа́тах vedmežátax |
| vocative | ведмежа́ vedmežá |
ведмежа́та vedmežáta |
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Adjective
ведме́жа • (vedméža)
- nominative feminine singular of ведме́жий (vedméžyj)
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “ведмежа”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2012), “ведмежа”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 2 (в – відсрібли́тися), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN
- “ведмежа”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “ведмежа”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “ведмежа”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)