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Bulgarian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Church Slavonic привѣтъ (privětŭ, “approval, reverence”), from Proto-Slavic *privětъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
приве́т • (privét) m
- greeting; well-wish
- Synonyms: по́здрав (pózdrav), приве́тствие (privétstvie)
Declension
Derived terms
Interjection
приве́т • (privét)
- greetings
- Synonyms: здраве́й (zdravéj), здраве́йте (zdravéjte), здра́сти (zdrásti)
References
- “привет”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “привет”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “привет”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 701
- Ivanova-Mirčeva, D., editor (2009), “привѣтъ”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Church Slavonic Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Sofia: Valentin Trajanov, page 360
Russian
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
Interjection
приве́т • (privét)
- (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)
- a greeting, a hello, a hi
Declension
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “привет”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “привет”, 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), volume 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1388