щастие

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian счастье (sčastʹje). By surface analysis, с- (s-, part, lot) +‎ част (čast) +‎ -ие (-ie).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃtastiɛ]
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  • Rhymes: -astiɛ
  • Syllabification(key): ща‧сти‧е
  • Hyphenation(key): щас‧тие

Noun

ща́стие • (štástien (singular only)

  1. happiness (the emotion of being happy; joy; elation)
    Antonym: неща́стие (neštástie)
  2. luck, good fortune

Declension

Declension of ща́стие
singular
indefinite ща́стие
štástie
definite ща́стието
štástieto

Derived terms

  • неща́стие (neštástie), злоща́стие (zloštástie, misfortune)
  • ща́стлив (štástliv, happy, fortunate)
    • ощастливя́ pf (oštastlivjá), ощастливя́вам impf (oštastlivjávam, to make happy)

References

  • щастие”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • щастие”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010