придирчив

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Bulgarian

Etymology

Probably borrowed or influenced by Russian придирчи́вый (pridirčívyj), ultimately a calque of Latin praetēnsus. Morphologically equivalent to приди́рям (pridírjam, to stretch out; to pretend) +‎ -чив (-čiv).

Pronunciation

Adjective

придирчи́в (pridirčív) (abstract noun придирчи́вост)

  1. pretentious, fussy, exacting, captious

Declension

References

  • придирчив”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • придирчив”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Russian

Pronunciation

Adjective

приди́рчив (pridírčiv)

  1. short masculine singular of приди́рчивый (pridírčivyj)