възраст

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *vъzorstь, a deverbal action noun of възраста́ pf (vǎzrastá), възра́ствам impf (vǎzrástvam, “to grow up, to mature”). Masculine declension reflecting Etymology 2.

Noun

въ́зраст • (vǎ́zrast) f or m (relational adjective въ́зрастен)

  1. age (duration of being from birth until present)
    Synonyms: връст (vrǎst), (dialectal) по́ра (póra)
    чове́к на въ́зраст ― čovék na vǎ́zrast ― a person of age (who has reached adulthood)
Usage notes

The term is currently a feminine. The masculine gender and declension are archaic.

Declension
Declension of въ́зраст (normal feminine declension)
singular plural
indefinite въ́зраст
vǎ́zrast 		въ́зрасти
vǎ́zrasti
definite възрастта́
vǎzrasttá 		въ́зрастите
vǎ́zrastite
Declension of въ́зраст (archaic masculine declension)
singular plural
indefinite въ́зраст
vǎ́zrast 		въ́зрасти
vǎ́zrasti
definite
(subject form) 		въ́зрастът
vǎ́zrastǎt 		въ́зрастите
vǎ́zrastite
definite
(object form) 		въ́зраста
vǎ́zrasta
count form — въ́зраста
vǎ́zrasta
  • расте́ж (rastéž, “growth”)
  • расте́не (rasténe, “growing”)
    • зара́стване (zarástvane, “regrowth, recovory”)
    • изра́стване (izrástvane, “growth process, maturing”)
    • нара́стване (narástvane, “increase, bulking”)
    • пора́стване (porástvane, “growing up”)
    • прора́стване (prorástvane, “germination”) (dialectal)
    • сра́стване (srástvane, “amalgamation”)

References

  • “възраст¹”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “възраст”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “възраст”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 204

Etymology 2

From Old Church Slavonic въздрастъ (vŭzdrastŭ) (Proto-Slavic *vъzorstъ), a resultant noun of възраста́ pf (vǎzrastá), възра́ствам impf (vǎzrástvam, “to grow up, to mature”).

Noun

въ́зраст • (vǎ́zrast) m (relational adjective въ́зрастов)

  1. (archaic) height
    Synonym: ръст (rǎst)
Declension
Declension of въ́зраст
singular plural
indefinite въ́зраст
vǎ́zrast 		въ́зрасти
vǎ́zrasti
definite
(subject form) 		въ́зрастът
vǎ́zrastǎt 		въ́зрастите
vǎ́zrastite
definite
(object form) 		въ́зраста
vǎ́zrasta
count form — въ́зраста
vǎ́zrasta

References

  • “възраст²”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • въздрастъ in Исторически речник на Българския език, Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"
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