болест

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bolěstь. By surface analysis, бол (bol, pain, ache) +‎ -ест (-est).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɔlɛst]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

бо́лест • (bólestf (relational adjective бо́лестен)

  1. illness, disease, sickness, malady, ailment

Declension

Declension of бо́лест
singular plural
indefinite бо́лест
bólest
бо́лести
bólesti
definite болестта́
bolesttá
бо́лестите
bólestite
  • боля́зън (boljázǎn, pain, aching, suffering)
  • бо́лен (bólen, sick, ill)

References

  • болест”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • болест”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “болест”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 65

Anagrams

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bolěstь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɔlɛst]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

болест • (bolestf

  1. illness, disease, sickness, malady, ailment

Declension

Declension of болест
singular plural
indefinite болест (bolest) болести (bolesti)
definite unspecified болеста (bolesta) болестите (bolestite)
definite proximal болестиве (bolestive)
definite distal болестине (bolestine)
vocative болест (bolest) болести (bolesti)

Further reading

  • болест” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bolěstь. Equivalent to бол (pain, ache) +‎ -ест.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bôleːst/
  • Hyphenation: бо‧лест

Noun

бо̏ле̄ст f (Latin spelling bȍlēst)

  1. sickness, disease

Declension

Declension of болест
singular plural
nominative болест болести
genitive болести болести
dative болести болестима
accusative болест болести
vocative болести болести
locative болести болестима
instrumental болести / болешћу болестима

Derived terms