невежа
Russian
Etymology
From Old East Slavic невѣжа (nevěža), from Proto-Slavic *nevěďa (“ignorant person < ignorance”), from *ne- + *věďa, from *věděti (“to know”). Doublet of неве́жда (nevéžda).
Pronunciation
Noun
неве́жа • (nevéža) m anim or f anim (genitive неве́жи, nominative plural неве́жи, genitive plural неве́ж)
- boor, lout, ill-mannered person
Declension
Declension of неве́жа (anim fem-form sibilant-stem accent-a)
Related terms
- ве́жливый (véžlivyj)
- неве́жливый (nevéžlivyj)
Derived terms
- неве́жество (nevéžestvo)
- неве́жественный (nevéžestvennyj)
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “невежа”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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