привет

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See also: привѣтъ

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic привѣтъ (privětŭ, “approval, reverence”), from Proto-Slavic *privětъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

приве́т • (privét) m

  1. greeting; well-wish
    Synonyms: по́здрав (pózdrav), приве́тствие (privétstvie)

Declension

Declension of приве́т
singular plural
indefinite приве́т
privét 		приве́ти
privéti
definite
(subject form) 		приве́тът
privétǎt 		приве́тите
privétite
definite
(object form) 		приве́та
privéta
count form — приве́та
privéta

Derived terms

Interjection

приве́т • (privét)

  1. greetings
    Synonyms: здраве́й (zdravéj), здраве́йте (zdravéjte), здра́сти (zdrásti)

References

  • “привет”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “привет”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “привет”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 701
  • Ivanova-Mirčeva, D., editor (2009), “привѣтъ”, in Старобългарски речник (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Sofia: Valentin Trajanov, page 360

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic привѣтъ (privětŭ, “greeting; appeal; dictum, word; intention, will”), from Proto-Slavic *privětъ. Compare Ukrainian приві́т (pryvít) and Belarusian прыве́т (pryvjét).

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -et

Interjection

приве́т • (privét)

  1. (informal) hello, hi
    Synonyms: здра́вствуй (zdrávstvuj), здра́вствуйте (zdrávstvujte); здоро́во (zdoróvo)

Derived terms

Descendants

Noun

приве́т • (privét) m inan (genitive приве́та, nominative plural приве́ты, genitive plural приве́тов)

  1. a greeting, a hello, a hi

Declension

Declension of приве́т (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative приве́т
privét 		приве́ты
privéty
genitive приве́та
privéta 		приве́тов
privétov
dative приве́ту
privétu 		приве́там
privétam
accusative приве́т
privét 		приве́ты
privéty
instrumental приве́том
privétom 		приве́тами
privétami
prepositional приве́те
privéte 		приве́тах
privétax

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “привет”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “привет”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ ‎ (in Russian), volume 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1388
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