застра
Bulgarian
Etymology
From за- (za-) + Proto-Slavic *ustra (“dawn”) (compare Old Church Slavonic заоустра (zaustra), attested in Ps. sin.). Doublet of у́тро (útro) (the later levelled out from *jutro (“early, soon”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈzastrɐ]
Audio: (file)
Noun
за́стра • (zástra) f
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | за́стра zástra |
за́стри zástri |
| definite | за́страта zástrata |
за́стрите zástrite |
Alternative forms
- заутра (zautra), завстра (zavstra) — obsolete
Related terms
- су́трин (sútrin, “morning”)
References
- “застра”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Nayden Gerov (1897) “за́стра”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language][1] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 123
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “застра, ʒастра”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 611
- “заоутра”, in Старобългарски речник [Dictionary of Old Bulgarian] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2025