нивя

Bulgarian

Etymology

Formally from Proto-Slavic *ňivьja pl, equivalent to нива (niva) +‎ -я (-ja). Related to dialectal Bulgarian нивье (nivje).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [niˈvʲa̟]

Noun

нивя́ • (nivjá)

  1. indefinite plural of ни́ва (níva) (poetic, collective): fields

Inflection
Declension of нивя́
plural
indefinite нивя́
nivjá
definite нивя́та
nivjáta

References
  • “нивя”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “нивя”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1999), “*nivьje”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 25 (*neroditi – *novotьnъ(jь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 139
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