абитуриент

See also: абітурієнт

Bulgarian

FWOTD – 13 January 2013

Etymology

Borrowed from German Abiturient, from Latin abituriēns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐbitoriˈɛnt]

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Noun

абитурие́нт • (abituriént) m (feminine абитурие́нтка, relational adjective абитурие́нтски)

1. male student in his last year at a high school, male senior, senior-year boy

   Synonym: зре́лостник (zrélostnik)

   • 1970, Камен Качев (Kamen Kalčev), Софийски разкази [Sofia stories], page 102:

     — Как върви абитуриентът?
     — Много добре, свърши със словесните, сега се прехвърли в лабораторията.

     — Kak vǎrvi abiturientǎt?
     — Mnogo dobre, svǎrši sǎs slovesnite, sega se prehvǎrli v laboratorijata.

     How is the student coping?
     Very well. Having accomplished the verbal [tasks], he just went to the laboratory.

Declension

Declension of абитурие́нт

	singular	plural
indefinite	абитурие́нт abituriént	абитурие́нти abituriénti
definite (subject form)	абитурие́нтът abituriéntǎt	абитурие́нтите abituriéntite
definite (object form)	абитурие́нта abituriénta
vocative form	абитурие́нте abituriénte	абитурие́нти abituriénti

References

• “абитуриент”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “абитуриент”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “абитуриѐнт”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 1
• “абитуриѐнт”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 15

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Abiturient.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐbʲɪtʊrʲɪˈjent]
• IPA^(key): [ɐbʲɪtʊrʲɪˈɛnt] (phonetic respelling: абитуриэ́нт)

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Noun

абитурие́нт • (abiturijént, abituriént) m anim (genitive абитурие́нта, nominative plural абитурие́нты, genitive plural абитурие́нтов, feminine абитурие́нтка, relational adjective абитурие́нтный or абитурие́нтский)

1. graduate, school-leaver

   Synonym: выпускни́к (vypuskník)

2. university applicant, enrollee, candidate for a university entrance examination. [from mid 20 c.]

Declension

Declension of абитурие́нт (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	абитурие́нт abiturijént, abituriént	абитурие́нты abiturijénty, abituriénty
genitive	абитурие́нта abiturijénta, abituriénta	абитурие́нтов abiturijéntov, abituriéntov
dative	абитурие́нту abiturijéntu, abituriéntu	абитурие́нтам abiturijéntam, abituriéntam
accusative	абитурие́нта abiturijénta, abituriénta	абитурие́нтов abiturijéntov, abituriéntov
instrumental	абитурие́нтом abiturijéntom, abituriéntom	абитурие́нтами abiturijéntami, abituriéntami
prepositional	абитурие́нте abiturijénte, abituriénte	абитурие́нтах abiturijéntax, abituriéntax

Related terms

• абиту́ра (abitúra)