науст
Bulgarian
Etymology
Univerbation of на (na, “at”) + *усть (*ustʹ, “of mouth”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [nɐˈust]
- Rhymes: -ust
- Syllabification(key): на‧уст
Adverb
нау́ст • (naúst) (not comparable) (dialectal)
- (literally) at one's mouth
- by rote, word by word
- у́ча нау́ст ― úča naúst ― to learn by rote
Derived terms
verbs
- наустя́ pf (naustjá), наустя́вам impf (naustjávam)
Related terms
- изу́ст (izúst)
References
- “науст”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Nayden Gerov (1899), “нау́стъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 239
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “нау́ст”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 562
Anagrams
- устна (ustna)