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
  • IPA(key): [nʲɪˈvʲeʐə]
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Noun

неве́жа • (nevéža) m anim or f anim (genitive неве́жи, nominative plural неве́жи, genitive plural неве́ж)

  1. boor, lout, ill-mannered person

Declension
Declension of неве́жа (anim fem-form sibilant-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative неве́жа
nevéža		 неве́жи
nevéži
genitive неве́жи
nevéži		 неве́ж
nevéž
dative неве́же
nevéže		 неве́жам
nevéžam
accusative неве́жу
nevéžu		 неве́ж
nevéž
instrumental неве́жей, неве́жею
nevéžej, nevéžeju		 неве́жами
nevéžami
prepositional неве́же
nevéže		 неве́жах
nevéžax

Derived terms

References
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “невежа”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv O. N., Moscow: Progress
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