дъх
Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *dъxъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [dɤx]
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Noun
дъх • (dǎh) m
- breath (air expelled from the lungs)
- (figurative) moment, tact
- на един дъх ― na edin dǎh ― for [the duration of] one breath
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | дъх dǎh |
дъ́хове dǎ́hove |
| definite (subject form) |
дъхъ́т dǎhǎ́t |
дъ́ховете dǎ́hovete |
| definite (object form) |
дъха́ dǎhá | |
| count form | — | дъ́ха dǎ́ha |
Derived terms
- дъхав (dǎhav, “aromatic, fragrant”)
- дъхвам (dǎhvam), дъхна (dǎhna, “to take a breath”) (rare)
- вдъхвам (vdǎhvam), вдъхна (vdǎhna, “to inhale, to inspire”)
- въздъхвам (vǎzdǎhvam), въздъхна (vǎzdǎhna, “to sigh, to suspire”)
- задъхвам (zadǎhvam), задъхна (zadǎhna, “to breathe heavily, to suffocate”)
- издъхвам (izdǎhvam), издъхна (izdǎhna, “to exhale, to pass away”)
- отдъхвам (otdǎhvam), отдъхна (otdǎhna, “to respite, to gasp in sign of relief”)
Related terms
- дишам (dišam, “to breathe repeatedly”)
- дишане (dišane, “breathing”)
- дихам (diham, “to breathe punctually”)
- дихание (dihanie, “breath, gasp”)
- духам (duham, “to blow”)
References
- “дъх”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “дъх”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 466