съвѣдѣтель

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Old East Slavic

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic съвѣдѣтель (sŭvědětelĭ). Equivalent to съвѣдѣти (sŭvěděti, to know) +‎ -тель (-telĭ).

Pronunciation

  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /sʊʋeːˈdeːtɛlɪ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /sʊʋʲeːˈdʲeːtʲɛlʲɪ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /sʋʲeːˈdʲeːtʲɛːlʲ/
  • Hyphenation: съ‧вѣ‧дѣ‧те‧ль

Noun

съвѣдѣтель (sŭvědětelĭm

  1. witness

Declension

Descendants

  • Russian: свидетель (svidetelʹ)

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “съвѣдѣтель”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volumes 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 676