гвардия

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian гва́рдия (gvárdija), from Italian guardia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡvardijɐ]

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Noun

гва́рдия • (gvárdija) f

1. guard (armed forces)
2. the most elite and experienced of a given field

Declension

Declension of гва́рдия

	singular	plural
indefinite	гва́рдия gvárdija	гва́рдии gvárdii
definite	гва́рдията gvárdijata	гва́рдиите gvárdiite

References

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

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian guardia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡvardʲɪjə]

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

гва́рдия • (gvárdija) f inan (genitive гва́рдии, nominative plural гва́рдии, genitive plural гва́рдий)

1. guard (armed forces)

Declension

Declension of гва́рдия (inan fem-form i-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	гва́рдия gvárdija	гва́рдии gvárdii
genitive	гва́рдии gvárdii	гва́рдий gvárdij
dative	гва́рдии gvárdii	гва́рдиям gvárdijam
accusative	гва́рдию gvárdiju	гва́рдии gvárdii
instrumental	гва́рдией, гва́рдиею gvárdijej, gvárdijeju	гва́рдиями gvárdijami
prepositional	гва́рдии gvárdii	гва́рдиях gvárdijax