тъна

Bulgarian

Etymology

From an earlier то́на (tóna) (attested dialectally) with "darkening" of -o- before a nasal. Ultimately, inherited from Proto-Slavic *topnǫti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtɤnɐ]
  • Audio (Standard Bulgarian):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɤnɐ
  • Syllabification(key): тъ‧на

Verb

тъ́на • (tǎ́na) first-singular present indicativeimpf

  1. (intransitive) to (slowly) sink, to submerse
    Synonym: плу́я (plúja)
    Колата тънe в калта.
    Kolata tǎne v kalta.
    The cart sinks into the mud.
  2. (figurative) to wallow, to be surrounded, to be buried
    тъна в нищетаtǎna v ništetato live in poverty (literally, “to be buried in scarcity”)
    тъна в разкошtǎna v razkošto roll in luxury (literally, “to wallow in splendour”)
  3. (figurative, poetic) to drown, to be mesmerized
    Тъна в блянове чудесни.
    Tǎna v bljanove čudesni.
    to daydream
    (literally, “[I] drown in enchanting dreams.”)

Conjugation

Derived terms

verbs
  • затъна pf (zatǎna), затъвам impf (zatǎvam)
  • отъна pf (otǎna), отъвам impf (otǎvam)
  • потъна pf (potǎna), потъвам impf (potǎvam)

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