вежливост
Bulgarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian вежли́вость (vežlívostʹ). By surface analysis, вежли́в (vežlív, “courteous, polite”) + -ост (-ost, “-ness”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [vɛʒˈlivost]
Audio (file) - Syllabification(key): ве‧жли‧вост
- Hyphenation(key): веж‧ли‧вост
Noun
вежли́вост • (vežlívost) f
- abstract noun of вежли́в (vežlív)
- (uncountable) politeness, courteousness
- (countable) a polite deed, an act of politeness
References
- “вежливост”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “вежливост”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “вежлив; вежливост”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 128
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