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Bulgarian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Church Slavonic кѫща (kǫšta), from Proto-Slavic *kǫťa, either an Iranian borrowing or if native, possibly related to English hut. Compare further Bulgarian къ́там (kǎ́tam, “to conceal, to tuck away”).
Pronunciation
Noun
къ́ща • (kǎ́šta) f (relational adjective къ́щен or къщо́вен)
- house
- home
Ра́ботя от къ́щи.- Rábotja ot kǎ́šti.
- I am working from home.
- (collective) household
Usage notes
Modern Bulgarian has preserved the locative form къщи in combination with prepositions:
Declension
Derived terms
- закъ́щя се (zakǎ́štja se, “to acquire home”)
- разкъ́щя се (razkǎ́štja se, “to divorce”) (dialectal)
- къ́щица (kǎ́štica), къ́щичка (kǎ́štička), къщу́рка (kǎštúrka), къще́ (kǎšté) (diminutive)
- къ́щнина (kǎ́štnina, “house work”)
- къ́щник m (kǎ́štnik, “host”), къ́щница f (kǎ́štnica, “hostess, housewife”)
- къ́щовник m (kǎ́štovnik), къ́щовница f (kǎ́štovnica, “housekeeper”)
References
- “къща”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “къща”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Nayden Gerov (1897) “кѫ́ща”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 447
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “къща”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 239
- “кѫща”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2024