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Bulgarian
Etymology
From Old Church Slavonic късьно (kŭsĭno), adverb from късьнъ (kŭsĭnŭ); compare the verb оукъснѣти (ukŭsněti, “to be late”) and the noun закъснѣние (zakŭsněnie, “laziness”). късно (kǎsno) and the adjective късен (kǎsen) are compounds from the preposition къ (k, “to”) and the dative of сън (sǎn, “dream, sleep”). It was originally used to indicate someone who comes too late because he/she failed to wake on time.[1] Possible cognates include Serbo-Croatian kasno (“late”), Russian ко́сный (kósnyj, “inert, lifeless”), Lithuanian kušlas (“weak, tired”), Latvian kusu (“tired”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
къ́сно • (kǎ́sno) (comparative по́-къ́сно, superlative на́й-къ́сно)
- late
ра́ботя до къ́сно през нощта́- rábotja do kǎ́sno prez nošttá
- work late into the night
Adjective
къ́сно • (kǎ́sno)
- indefinite neuter singular of къ́сен (kǎ́sen)
References
- ^ Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “къ̀сен”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 229