адепт

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Adept and Russian аде́пт (adɛ́pt), from Latin adeptus, past participle of adipīscor (“reach, arrive at”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐˈdɛpt]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

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• Rhymes: -ɛpt
• Syllabification^(key): а‧депт
• Hyphenation^(key): адепт

Noun

аде́пт • (adépt) m

1. supporter, adherent, follower

Declension

Declension of аде́пт

	singular	plural
indefinite	аде́пт adépt	аде́пти adépti
definite (subject form)	аде́птът adéptǎt	аде́птите adéptite
definite (object form)	аде́пта adépta
count form	—	аде́пта adépta

References

• “адепт”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “адепт”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “адѐпт”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 4
• “адепт”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, →ISBN, page 19

Russian

Alternative forms

• аде́птъ (adɛ́pt) — pre-1918 spelling

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adeptus, past participle of adipīscor (“reach, arrive at”), possibly via French adepte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐˈdɛpt] (phonetic respelling: адэ́пт)

• Audio:

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• Audio (Saint Petersburg):

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Noun

аде́пт • (adɛ́pt) m anim (genitive аде́пта, nominative plural аде́пты, genitive plural аде́птов)

1. adherent, follower

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	аде́пт adɛ́pt	аде́пты adɛ́pty
genitive	аде́пта adɛ́pta	аде́птов adɛ́ptov
dative	аде́пту adɛ́ptu	аде́птам adɛ́ptam
accusative	аде́пта adɛ́pta	аде́птов adɛ́ptov
instrumental	аде́птом adɛ́ptom	аде́птами adɛ́ptami
prepositional	аде́пте adɛ́pte	аде́птах adɛ́ptax

Further reading

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “адепт”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Latin adeptus, past participle of adipīscor (“reach, arrive at”), possibly via French adepte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐˈdɛpt]

• Audio:

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Noun

аде́пт • (adépt) m pers (genitive аде́пта, nominative plural аде́пти, genitive plural аде́птів)

1. (literary) adherent, follower

   Synonyms: послідо́вник m (poslidóvnyk), прибі́чник m (prybíčnyk), прихи́льник m (pryxýlʹnyk)

Declension

Declension of аде́пт
(pers hard masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	аде́пт adépt	аде́пти adépty
genitive	аде́пта adépta	аде́птів adéptiv
dative	аде́птові, аде́пту adéptovi, adéptu	аде́птам adéptam
accusative	аде́пта adépta	аде́птів adéptiv
instrumental	аде́птом adéptom	аде́птами adéptamy
locative	аде́птові, аде́пті adéptovi, adépti	аде́птах adéptax
vocative	аде́пте adépte	аде́пти adépty

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “адепт”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2025), “адепт”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–15 (а – п'ять), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “адепт”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection]‎^[1]
• “адепт”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “адепт”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua, Slovnyk.ua]‎^[2]