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Ukrainian
Etymology
Borrowed from Polish wójt, from German Vogt, from Late Latin vocatus, from Classical Latin advocatus. Doublet of адвока́т (advokát).
Pronunciation
Noun
війт • (vijt) m pers (genitive ві́йта, nominative plural ві́йти, genitive plural ві́йтів, relational adjective ві́йтів or війті́вський)
- (historical) official of a town invested under German town laws
- (colloquial) head of a village
Declension
Declension of війт (pers hard masc-form accent-a)
Derived terms
Further reading
- Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “війт*”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “війт”, 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), “війт”, 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