напаст
Bulgarian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *napastь. Syncronically, a deverbal of напа́дам (napádam, “to assault”). By surface analysis, на- (na-) + паст (past, “chasm, rift”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈnapɐst]
Noun
на́паст • (nápast) f (relational adjective на́пастен)
- (obsolete) toppling, downfall
- evil, detriment, trouble
- причинявам / кроя / върша някому напаст ― pričinjavam / kroja / vǎrša njakomu napast ― to cause / conjure / do evil to s.o.
- (by extension) nuisance, nagger, scourge (great irritation)
- напаст божия ― napast božija ― a scourge of God
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
indefinite | на́паст nápast |
на́пасти nápasti |
definite (subject form) |
на́пастът nápastǎt |
на́пастите nápastite |
definite (object form) |
на́паста nápasta | |
count form | — | на́паста nápasta |
Derived terms
verbs
- напастя pf (napastja), напастявам impf (napastjavam) (causative-iterative)
Related terms
- напа́д (napád, “assault”), напа́дка (napádka, “accusation”)
- грехопаде́ние (grehopadénie, “fall into sin”) (poetic)
References
- “напаст”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “напаст”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Nayden Gerov (1899) “на́пасть”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language][1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 194
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “напаст”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 489
- “напасть”, in Старобългарски речник [Dictionary of Old Bulgarian] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2025
Macedonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *napastь.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈnapast]
Noun
напаст • (napast) f
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
indefinite | напаст (napast) | напасти (napasti) |
definite unspecified | напаста (napasta) | напастите (napastite) |
definite proximal | — | напастиве (napastive) |
definite distal | — | напастине (napastine) |
vocative | напаст (napast) | напасти (napasti) |
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nǎːpast/
- Hyphenation: на‧паст
Noun
на́паст f (Latin spelling nápast)
- temptation
- pest (annoying creature or person)