полунощ

Bulgarian

Etymology

By surface analysis, полу- (polu-) +‎ нощ (nošt)

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [poɫoˈnɔʃt]
  • Rhymes: -ɔʃt
  • Hyphenation(key): по‧лу‧нощ

Noun

полуно́щ • (polunóšt) f (relational adjective полуно́щен)

  1. midnight
    Synonym: средно́щ (srednóšt)
    мина́ва полуно́щ ― mináva polunóšt ― it's past midnight
  2. (obsolete) north
    Synonym: (modern) се́вер (séver)

Declension

Declension of полуно́щ
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
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