постав

Bulgarian

Synchronically, an instrumental noun of поста́вя (postávja, “to set up, to place”).

по́став or поста́в • (póstav or postáv) m (dialectal)

(originally) container, depository, storage device (tool in which one stores something)
Месо́то се суши́ в по́става.
Mesóto se suší v póstava.
The meat dries in the storage.
basin (of a sink)
Поста́вът на чешма́та е жабуня́сал.
Postávǎt na češmáta e žabunjásal.
The basin of the water fountain has been covered with algae.
groove, channel (of a draining system)

Declension of по́став, поста́в
	singular	plural
indefinite	по́став, поста́в póstav, postáv	по́стави, поста́ви póstavi, postávi
definite (subject form)	по́ставът, поста́вът póstavǎt, postávǎt	по́ставите, поста́вите póstavite, postávite
definite (object form)	по́става, поста́ва póstava, postáva	по́ставите, поста́вите póstavite, postávite
count form	—	по́става, поста́ва póstava, postáva

nouns

“постав”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
Nayden Gerov; Тодор Панчев (1901), “по́ста́въ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 4, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 224

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

поста́в • (postáv) m inan (genitive поста́ва, nominative plural постава́, genitive plural поставо́в)

a pair of millstones or rollers used for grinding grain, one of which is stationary and the other rotates
manner of keeping the body in a given position, setting
a mill (or loom?) for weaving handicrafts
cloth generated on a loom
a piece or roll of canvas
method of fishing
delivery
stand (for holding objects up)
storage container for spirits

Declension of поста́в (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-c irreg)

^△Irregular.