щастие

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian счастье (sčastʹje). By surface analysis, с- (s-, “part, lot”) +‎ част (čast) +‎ -ие (-ie).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈʃtastiɛ]

Noun

ща́стие • (štástie) n

happiness
luck, good fortune

Declension

Declension of ща́стие
	singular
indefinite	ща́стие štástie
definite	ща́стието štástieto

Derived terms

неща́стие (neštástie), злоща́стие (zloštástie, “misfortune”)
ща́стлив (štástliv, “happy, fortunate”)
- ощастливя́ pf (oštastlivjá), ощастливя́вам impf (oštastlivjávam, “to make happy”)

Related terms

честота́ (čestotá, “frequency”)
прича́стие (pričástie, “communion”)
уча́стие (učástie, “participation”)
у́част (účast, “lot, fate”)

References

“щастие”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
“щастие”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010