сватба

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic сватьба (svatĭba), from Proto-Slavic *svatьba. Morphologically equivalent to сват (svat, “matchmaker”) +‎ -ба (-ba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsvadbɐ]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -adbɐ
• Syllabification^(key): сват‧ба

Noun

сва́тба • (svátba) f (relational adjective сва́тбен)

1. wedding

Declension

Declension of сва́тба

	singular	plural
indefinite	сва́тба svátba	сва́тби svátbi
definite	сва́тбата svátbata	сва́тбите svátbite

References

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