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Bulgarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian неве́жа (nevéža). Displaced native неве́жда (nevéžda).
Pronunciation
Noun
неве́жа • (nevéža) m or f
- ignoramus
Declension
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic невѣжа (nevěža), from Proto-Slavic *nevěďa (“ignorant person < ignorance”), from *ne- + *věďa, from *věděti (“to know”).
Doublet of неве́жда (nevéžda).
Pronunciation
Noun
неве́жа • (nevéža) m anim or f anim (genitive неве́жи, nominative plural неве́жи, genitive plural неве́ж)
- boor, lout, ill-mannered person
Declension
Derived terms
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “невежа”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress