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Bulgarian
Etymology
Archaic word for witness from Proto-Slavic *sъvědъkъ (possibly *sъvědokъ[1]), superseded by Bulgarian свидетел (svidetel) (a loanword from Russian). Formed from the obsolete вям (vjam, “to witness, to have seen”) + -ок (-ok).
Noun
све́док • (svédok) m
- (dated) witness
Declension
- сведение (svedenie, “account, information”)
- ведом (vedom, “informed”)
- вещ (vešt, “adept, knowledgeable”)
References
- Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “сведок²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 537
Notes:
- ^ L. Kurkina (1992) “Диалектная структура Праславянского языка по данным Южнославяской лексики”, in Dela, vol. 38, Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, page 129: “Имена с суф. -okъ ... *sъvědokъ”
Macedonian
Pronunciation
Noun
сведок • (svedok) m
- witness
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
свѐдок m (Latin spelling svèdok)
- witness
Declension