детектив

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Bulgarian

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French détective through English detective, back-formed from detect, derived from Latin detectus, perfect passive participle of detegere (to uncover or disclose).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation(key): де‧тек‧тив

Noun

детекти́в (detektívm (relational adjective детекти́вски or детекти́вен)

  1. (law enforcement) detective

Declension

Declension of детекти́в
singular plural
indefinite детекти́в
detektív
детекти́ви
detektívi
definite
(subject form)
детекти́вът
detektívǎt
детекти́вите
detektívite
definite
(object form)
детекти́ва
detektíva
vocative form детекти́ве
detektíve
детекти́ви
detektívi

References

  • детектив”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • детектив”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “детекти́в”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 349

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic دەتەكتيۆ
Cyrillic детектив
Latin detektiv

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian детекти́в (detektív), from English detective.

Noun

детектив (detektiv)

  1. detective

Declension

Declension of детектив
singular plural
nominative детектив (detektiv) детективтер (detektivter)
genitive детективтің (detektivtıñ) детективтердің (detektivterdıñ)
dative детективке (detektivke) детективтерге (detektivterge)
accusative детективті (detektivtı) детективтерді (detektivterdı)
locative детективте (detektivte) детективтерде (detektivterde)
ablative детективтен (detektivten) детективтерден (detektivterden)
instrumental детективпен (detektivpen) детективтермен (detektivtermen)

Derived terms

Macedonian

Pronunciation

Noun

детекти́в (detektívm (plural детекти́ви, feminine детекти́вка, relational adjective детекти́вски)

  1. detective

Declension

Declension of детектив
singular plural
indefinite детектив (detektiv) детективи (detektivi)
definite unspecified детективот (detektivot) детективите (detektivite)
definite proximal детективов (detektivov) детектививе (detektivive)
definite distal детективон (detektivon) детективине (detektivine)
vocative детективу (detektivu) детективи (detektivi)
count form детектива (detektiva)

Russian

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):  (phonetic respelling: дэтэкти́в)
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

детекти́в (dɛtɛktívm anim or m inan (genitive детекти́ва, nominative plural детекти́вы, genitive plural детекти́вов, relational adjective детекти́вный)

  1. detective
    Synonyms: сы́щик (sýščik), сле́дователь (slédovatelʹ), операти́вник (operatívnik)
  2. detective story (book or film), whodunit
    Synonym: детекти́вный рома́н (dɛtɛktívnyj román, detective novel)

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: դետեկտիվ (detektiv)
  • Kazakh: детектив (detektiv)

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

детѐктӣв m anim (Latin spelling detèktīv)

  1. detective

Declension