полунощ
Bulgarian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Church Slavonic полоунощь (polunoštĭ), from Proto-Slavic *polъnoťь. By surface analysis, полу- (polu-) + нощ (nošt).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [poɫoˈnɔʃt]
Audio (Standard Bulgarian, l-vocalization): (file) - Rhymes: -ɔʃt
- Syllabification(key): по‧лу‧нощ
Noun
полуно́щ • (polunóšt) f (relational adjective полуно́щен)
- midnight
- Synonym: средно́щ (srednóšt)
- мина́ва полуно́щ ― mináva polunóšt ― it's past midnight
- (obsolete) north
- Synonym: (modern) се́вер (séver)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | полуно́щ polunóšt |
полуно́щи1 polunóšti1 |
| definite | полунощта́ polunošttá |
полуно́щите1 polunóštite1 |
1Folk or poetic.
References
- “полунощ”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “полунощ”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- “полоунощь”, in Старобългарски речник [Dictionary of Old Bulgarian] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2026