връст

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [vrɤst]
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Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *vьrstь (i-stem), a deverbal action noun of въ́ртя (vǎ́rtja, to turn, to rotate).

Noun

връст • (vrǎstf (relational adjective въ́рстен)

  1. (obsolescent, dialectal) age, duration of operation/being
    Synonyms: въ́зраст (vǎ́zrast), (dialectal) по́ра (póra)
  2. (dated) genre, variety (originally excrescence, outgrowth)
    Synonyms: жанр (žanr), разнови́дност (raznovídnost)
Declension
Declension of връст
singular plural
indefinite връст
vrǎst
връ́сти
vrǎ́sti
definite връстта́
vrǎsttá
връ́стите
vrǎ́stite
Alternative forms
  • върста́ f (vǎrstá)dialectal
Derived terms
  • околовръ́ст f (okolovrǎ́st), околовъ́рстие (okolovǎ́rstie, vicinity, surroundings) (archaic, obsolscent)
  • връстни́к m (vrǎstník), връстни́ца f (vrǎstníca, coeval)

References

Etymology 2

Reanalysis of Etymology 1, probably under the influence of synonymous Bulgarian въ́зраст f or m (vǎ́zrast).

Noun

връст • (vrǎstm

  1. (dialectal) height
    Synonym: ръст (rǎst)
  2. (dialectal) span, growth, magnitude
    Synonyms: раст (rast), бой (boj)
Declension
Declension of връст
singular plural
indefinite връст
vrǎst
връ́сти
vrǎ́sti
definite
(subject form)
връ́стът
vrǎ́stǎt
връ́стите
vrǎ́stite
definite
(object form)
връ́ста
vrǎ́sta
count form връ́ста
vrǎ́sta
Derived terms
  • околовръ́ст m (okolovrǎ́st, circumference, bypass) (dialectal)

References

  • връст (м.)”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014