свян
Bulgarian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *svěnъ (“exterior, outside”), possibly reflecting the PIE morpheme found in Latin sē- (“off, apart”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [svʲa̟n]
Noun
свян • (svjan) m
- shyness, bashfulness
- shame, feeling of embarrassment
- без свян ― bez svjan ― without shame
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| indefinite | свян svjan |
| definite (subject form) |
свя́нът svjánǎt |
| definite (object form) |
свя́на svjána |
Related terms
- свеня́ се (svenjá se, “to be embarrassed, ashamed”)
- свенли́в (svenlív, “bashful”)
- осве́н (osvén, “except, besides”) (preposition)
References
- “свян”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “свян”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1904) “свѣнъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language][1] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 140
- Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “свян”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 566