нощ
See also: нош
Bulgarian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Church Slavonic нощь (noštĭ), from Proto-Slavic *noťь.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [nɔʃt]
Audio (articulated final t): (file) - It is common to not pronounce the /t/ of the word-final щ, and its emphasis is often reserved for more careful or formal speech.
Noun
нощ • (nošt) f
- night, nighttime (period of time from sundown to sunup)
- ле́ка нощ ― léka nošt ― good night
- ми́налата нощ ― mínalata nošt ― last night
- къ́сна нощ ― kǎ́sna nošt ― late night
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | нощ nošt |
но́щи nóšti |
| definite | нощта́ nošttá |
но́щите nóštite |
Alternative forms
- ночть (nočtʹ), нокь (nokʹ) — dialectal
Derived terms
adverbs
adjectives
- но́щен (nóšten)
- но́щница (nóštnica)
- сно́щен (snóšten)
nouns
- полуно́щ (polunóšt, “midnight”)
- средно́щ (srednóšt, “nighttime”)
verbs
- нощу́вам impf (noštúvam)
- нощу́вка (noštúvka)
- пренощу́вам impf (prenoštúvam)
References
- “нощ”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “нощ”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Nayden Gerov (1899), “нощь”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language][1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 283
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “нощ”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, pages 695-696
- “нощь”, in Старобългарски речник [Dictionary of Old Bulgarian] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2025