упадък
Bulgarian
Etymology
By surface analysis, упа́дам (upádam, “to decline”) + -ък (-ǎk). Diachronically, probably borrowed from Russian упа́док (upádok).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [oˈpadɐk]
- Rhymes: -adɐk
- Syllabification(key): у‧па‧дък
- Hyphenation(key): упа‧дък
Noun
упа́дък • (upádǎk) m (relational adjective упа́дъчен)
- decadence, decline, decay, degradation
- в състоя́ние на упа́дък ― v sǎstojánie na upádǎk ― in a state of decline
- упа́дък на нра́вите ― upádǎk na nrávite ― decline of the ethical norms
- (figurative) nadir, rock-bottom (of a situation, state)
- Synonyms: крах (krah), (dialectal) наклю́д (nakljúd)
- тъ́на в кра́ен упа́дък
- tǎ́na v kráen upádǎk
- to have hit rock-bottom
- (literally, “to be buried in [a state of] ultimate degradation”)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | упа́дък upádǎk |
упа́дъци upádǎci |
| definite (subject form) |
упа́дъкът upádǎkǎt |
упа́дъците upádǎcite |
| definite (object form) |
упа́дъка upádǎka | |
| count form | — | упа́дъка upádǎka |
Related terms
nouns
- (obsolete) у́пад (úpad, “precipitation”)
References
- “упадък”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “упадък”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- “упадък”, in ЛексИт [LexIt] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “упадък”, in БЕРОН (Български езикови ресурси онлайн) [BERON (Bulgarian Language Resources Online)] (in Bulgarian), Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2024