изуст

Univerbation of из (iz, “out of”) +‎ *усть (*ustʹ, “of mouth”). Diachronically, a calque of Ancient Greek ἀπὸ στόματος (apò stómatos).

• IPA^(key): [izˈust]

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• Rhymes: -ust
• Syllabification^(key): и‧зуст
• Hyphenation^(key): изуст

изу́ст • (izúst) (not comparable) (archaic)

1. (literally) out of one's mouth
2. (originally) by word of mouth (orally)

   предава се изуст ― predava se izust ― to spread mouth-to-mouth

3. (by extension) by rote, by heart (to know something so well that you can recite it freely)

   говоря изуст ― govorja izust ― to speak from memory (literally, “to speak by rote”)

• нау́ст (naúst)

• “изуст”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Nayden Gerov (1897), “изу́стъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 315
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “изуст”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 57