пладне

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic пладьне (pladĭne), from Proto-Slavic *poldьne (< earlier *polъdьne) - a case form of *polъ (half) +‎ *dьnь (day). Cognate with Macedonian пладне (pladne) and Czech poledne, among others.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɫadnɛ]
  • Hyphenation(key): плад‧не

Noun

пла́дне • (pládnen (uncountable)

  1. noon (the time around 12:00; the middle of the day, when the Sun is highest in the sky)
    Synonyms: о́бед (óbed), (dialectal) пла́днина (pládnina)
  2. (dialectal) lunch

Declension

Declension of пла́дне
singular
indefinite пла́дне
pládne
definite пла́днето
pládneto

References

  • пладне”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • пладне”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “пладне”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, pages 291-292
  • Ivanova-Mirčeva, D., editor (2009), “пладьне”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Church Slavonic Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Sofia: Valentin Trajanov, page 213

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *polъdьnь, from *polъ- (half-) + *dьnь (day).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

пладне • (pladnen (relational adjective пладневен)

  1. noon

Declension

Declension of пладне
singular
indefinite пладне (pladne)
definite unspecified пладнето (pladneto)
definite proximal пладнево (pladnevo)
definite distal пладнено (pladneno)
vocative пладне (pladne)

See also

times of day: времиња од денот (vreminja od denot)edit