стадий

See also: стадии

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic стадии (stadii, “stade”), borrowed from Byzantine Greek στάδιος (stádios, “measure of length”), a substantivation of Ancient Greek στάδιος (stádios, “firm, fixed”). Cognate with Latin stadium whence the recent doublet стадио́н (stadión, “stadium”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈstadij]

Noun

ста́дий • (stádij) m

1. (historical) stade (unit of length approximately equal to 180 m)
2. stage, phase

   Synonyms: ета́п (etáp), фа́за (fáza)

Declension

Declension of ста́дий

	singular	plural
indefinite	ста́дий stádij	ста́дии stádii
definite (subject form)	ста́дият stádijat	ста́диите stádiite
definite (object form)	ста́дия stádija
count form	—	ста́дия stádija

Related terms

• Borrowed:
  • стадио́н (stadión, “stadium”)
  • ста́нция (stáncija, “station”)
• Inherited:
  • сто́йка (stójka, “posture, stature”)
  • ста́ва (stáva, “joint”)
  • съста́в (sǎstáv, “composition”)
  • стан (stan, “loom; state, camp”)

References

• “стадий”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “стадий”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• стадии in Исторически речник на Българския език, Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈstadʲɪj]

Noun

ста́дий • (stádij) f inan pl

1. genitive plural of ста́дия (stádija)