хилядолетие

Bulgarian

Etymology

Morphologically from хиля́да (hiljáda, “one thousand”) +‎ -ле́тие (-létie, “years”). Compare second component to Russian лет (let), genitive plural of год (god) or ле́то (léto, “year”) (originally "summer").

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [xilʲɐdoˈlɛtiɛ]

Noun

хилядоле́тие • (hiljadolétie) n

1. millennium

Declension

Declension of хилядоле́тие

	singular	plural
indefinite	хилядоле́тие hiljadolétie	хилядоле́тия hiljadolétija
definite	хилядоле́тието hiljadolétieto	хилядоле́тията hiljadolétijata

References

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