нерадиче
Bulgarian
Etymology
Unclear. Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary lists several possibilities:
- From не- (ne-, negating particle) + рад (rad, “joyful”) + -иче (-iče).
- Deverbal from не- (ne-, negating particle) + раде́я (radéja, “to care, to cherish”). Favoured by Mladenov.
- Akin to dialectal ради́ка (radíka, “plant with fibrous roots”). Favoured by Skok.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [nɛrɐˈdit͡ʃɛ]
Audio (Standard Bulgarian): (file) - Rhymes: -it͡ʃɛ
- Syllabification(key): не‧ра‧ди‧че
Noun
неради́че • (neradíče) n (dialectal)
- hair moss (non-vascular plant of genus Polytrichum)
- Synonym: многовла́сник (mnogovlásnik)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | неради́че neradíče |
неради́чета neradíčeta |
| definite | неради́чето neradíčeto |
неради́четата neradíčetata |
References
- “нерадиче”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Nayden Gerov (1899), “неради́чѧ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 266
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “нерадиче”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 619