еде

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ede"

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic ѥде (jede), from Proto-Slavic *je de. Probably originally a determinative pronoun.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈɛdɛ]

Particle

е́де • (éde)

adds sense of indeterminateness to interrogative pronouns
еде кой ― ede koj ― whoever

еде що ― ede što ― somewhat

еде кога ― ede koga ― somewhen

еде как ― ede kak ― somehow

Alternative forms

е́ди (édi)

Derived terms

еда́ (edá, “indeed”) (adverb or conjunction)
едва́ (edvá, “barely”) (adverb)

Related terms

ега́ (egá)
еже- (eže-) (prefix)
е́ле (éle)

References

“еди”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Nayden Gerov (1897) “еде”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 3
Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “еди кой/коя/кое”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 478

Russian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [(j)ɪˈdʲe]

Noun

еде́ • (jedé) f inan

dative/prepositional singular of еда́ (jedá)