настоя

Bulgarian

Etymology

By surface analysis, на- (na-) +‎ стоя́ (stojá, to stand).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nɐstoˈjɤ̟]
  • Audio (Standard Bulgarian):(file)
  • Rhymes: -jɤ
  • Syllabification(key): на‧сто‧я
  • Hyphenation(key): нас‧тоя

Verb

настоя́ • (nastojá) first-singular present indicativepf (imperfective настоя́вам)

  1. (intransitive) to stand up for [principles, rights, ideas], to stay adamant
  2. (ambitransitive) to insist, to persist [with за ‘on something’; or with да (da, + clause) ‘on doing something’]

Conjugation

Derived terms

adjectives
  • насто́ен (nastóen)
  • насто́йчив (nastójčiv)
nouns
  • (instrument) насто́йка (nastójka)
  • (agent nouns) насто́йник m (nastójnik), насто́йница f (nastójnica)
  • (agent noun) настоя́тел (nastojátel) (obsolete)

References

Anagrams

  • яснота (jasnota)

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nɐˈstojə]

Noun

насто́я • (nastójam inan

  1. genitive singular of насто́й (nastój)