афера
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Bulgarian
Etymology
Via Russian афе́ра (aféra) from French affaire.
Pronunciation
Noun
афе́ра • (aféra) f
Declension
Declension of афе́ра
References
- “афера”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “афера”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Macedonian
Pronunciation
Noun
афера • (afera) f
- scandal
- affair (adultery)
- false rumour (in the idiom "шири афери")
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | афера (afera) | афери (aferi) |
| definite unspecified | аферата (aferata) | аферите (aferite) |
| definite proximal | аферава (aferava) | афериве (aferive) |
| definite distal | аферана (aferana) | аферине (aferine) |
| vocative | аферо (afero) | афери (aferi) |
Russian
Alternative forms
- афёра (afjóra) — proscribed
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
афе́ра • (aféra) f inan (genitive афе́ры, nominative plural афе́ры, genitive plural афе́р, relational adjective афе́рный, diminutive афе́рка)
Declension
Declension of афе́ра (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a)
Related terms
- афери́ст (aferíst), афери́стка (aferístka)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From French affaire, from faire (“to do”), from Latin ad- + faciō (“to do”).
Pronunciation
Noun
афе́ра f (Latin spelling aféra)