несрета
Bulgarian
Alternative forms
- несре́кя (nesrékja), несре́йка (nesréjka), нестре́кя (nestrékja) — dialectal
Etymology
From не- (ne-, negating particle) + Proto-Slavic *sъręta (“encounter”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [nɛˈsrɛtɐ]
Audio (Standard Bulgarian): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛtɐ
- Syllabification(key): не‧сре‧та
- Hyphenation(key): нес‧ре‧та
Noun
несре́та • (nesréta) f (diminutive несре́тица) (literary)
- (originally) accident, mishap
- adversity, misfortune, hardship, agony
- Държи́ еди́н камши́ка, а друг сте́не в несре́та. (proverb)
- Dǎrží edín kamšíka, a drug sténe v nesréta.
- One holds the whip, [while] another moans in agony.
- но́ся/во́дя ня́кому несре́та
- nósja/vódja njákomu nesréta
- to bring/cause misfortune to s.o.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | несре́та nesréta |
несре́ти nesréti |
| definite | несре́тата nesrétata |
несре́тите nesrétite |
Derived terms
adjectives
- несре́тeн (nesréten)
nouns
- несре́тник m (nesrétnik), несре́тница f (nesrétnica) (agent nouns)
Related terms
- сре́ща (sréšta, “meeting”)
References
- “несрета”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “несрета”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “несре́та”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 625
Anagrams
- раснете (rasnete), растене (rastene), тресена (tresena)