къща
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Bulgarian
Alternative forms
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:
- вкъ́щи (vkǎ́šti, “at home”)
- от къ́щи (ot kǎ́šti, “from home”)
- към къ́щи (kǎm kǎ́šti, “towards home”)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | къ́ща kǎ́šta |
къ́щи, къщя́1 kǎ́šti, kǎštjá1 |
| definite | къ́щата kǎ́štata |
къ́щите, къщя́та1 kǎ́štite, kǎštjáta1 |
| vocative form | къ́що kǎ́što |
къ́щи, къщя́1 kǎ́šti, kǎštjá1 |
1Collective dialectal.
Derived terms
- закъ́щя се (zakǎ́štja se, “to acquire home”)
- къ́щица (kǎ́štica), къ́щичка (kǎ́štička), къщу́рка (kǎštúrka), къще́ (kǎšté) (diminutive)
- къ́щник m (kǎ́štnik, “host”), къ́щница f (kǎ́štnica, “hostess, housewife”)
- къ́щнина (kǎ́štnina, “house work”)
- покъ́щнина (pokǎ́štnina, “household goods”)
- къ́щовник m (kǎ́štovnik), къ́щовница f (kǎ́štovnica, “housekeeper”)
- разкъ́щя се (razkǎ́štja se, “to divorce”) (dialectal)
References
- “къща”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “къща”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Nayden Gerov (1897) “кѫ́ща”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 447
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “къ́ща”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 239
- “кѫща”, in Старобългарски речник (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2025
Anagrams
- щъка (štǎka)