сведок

See also: све док

Bulgarian

Etymology

Archaic word for witness from Proto-Slavic *sъvědъkъ (possibly *sъvědokъ^[1]), superseded by Bulgarian свидетел (svidetel) (a loanword from Russian). Formed from the obsolete вям (vjam, “to witness, to have seen”) +‎ -ок (-ok).

Noun

све́док • (svédok) m

1. (dated) witness

Declension

	singular	plural
indefinite	све́док svédok	све́доци svédoci
definite (subject form)	све́докът svédokǎt	све́доците svédocite
definite (object form)	све́дока svédoka
vocative form	све́доко svédoko	све́доци svédoci

Declension of све́док

Related terms

• сведение (svedenie, “account, information”)
• ведом (vedom, “informed”)
• вещ (vešt, “adept, knowledgeable”)

References

• Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “сведок²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 537

Notes:

1. L. Kurkina (1992) “Диалектная структура Праславянского языка по данным Южнославяской лексики”, in Dela, vol. 38‎, Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, page 129: “Имена с суф. -okъ ... *sъvědokъ”

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsvɛdɔk]

• Audio:

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Noun

сведок • (svedok) m

1. witness

Declension

	singular	plural
indefinite	сведок	сведоци
definite unspecified	сведокот	сведоците
definite proximal	сведоков	сведоциве
definite distal	сведокон	сведоцине
vocative	сведоку	сведоци
count form	—	сведока

Declension of сведок

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• свјѐдок (Ijekavian)

Noun

свѐдок m (Latin spelling svèdok)

1. witness

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	свѐдок	сведо̀ци
genitive	сведо̀ка	сведо́ка̄
dative	сведо̀ку	сведо̀цима
accusative	свѐдок	сведо̀ке
vocative	свѐдоче	сведо̀ци
locative	сведо̀ку	сведо̀цима
instrumental	сведо̀ком	сведо̀цима

Declension of сведок