правителство

Bulgarian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-

Proto-Balto-Slavic *prṓˀwas

Proto-Slavic *pravъ

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-éitei

Proto-Slavic *-iti

Proto-Slavic *praviti

Old East Slavic правити (praviti)

Russian пра́вить (právitʹ)

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr?

Proto-Slavic *-jь?

Proto-Slavic *-teľь

Russian -тель (-telʹ)

Proto-Indo-European *-tusder.

Proto-Slavic *-ьstvo

Russian -ство (-stvo)

Russian -тельство (-telʹstvo)

Russian прави́тельство (pravítelʹstvo)bor.

Bulgarian правителство

Borrowed from Russian прави́тельство (pravítelʹstvo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [prɐˈvitɛɫstvo]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian, l-vocalization):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -itɛɫstvo
• Syllabification^(key): пра‧ви‧тел‧ство

Noun

прави́телство • (pravítelstvo) n (relational adjective прави́телствен)

1. (uncountable) government (higher executive and administrative body of state governance)

   Пъ́рвото прави́телство на Бълга́рия е назначе́но на 17 ю́ли 1879 от княз Алекса́ндър I.

   Pắrvoto pravítelstvo na Bălgárija e naznačéno na 17 júli 1879 ot knjaz Aleksándăr I.

   The first government of Bulgaria was appointed on 17 July 1879 by Prince Alexander I.

2. (countable, collective) government, administration, cabinet (all ministers and members of such an organ)

   Synonym: кабине́т (kabinét)

   служе́бно прави́телство

   služébno pravítelstvo

   caretaker government

   Какво́ ми́сли прави́телството?

   Kakvó mísli pravítelstvoto?

   What does the government think?

Declension

Declension of прави́телство

	singular	plural
indefinite	прави́телство pravítelstvo	прави́телства pravítelstva
definite	прави́телството pravítelstvoto	прави́телствата pravítelstvata

References

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