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Bulgarian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mьrtъ. Synchronically represents a fossilized t-participle of мра (mra, “to die”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
мъ́рт • (mǎ́rt) (dated, obsolete)
- Alternative form of мъ́ртъв (mǎ́rtǎv): dead, deceased, perished
Declension
Comparative forms of мърт
Superlative forms of мърт
Derived terms
- мъ́ртство (mǎ́rtstvo), умъ́ртие (umǎ́rtie, “death”) (abstract nouns, dated/obsolete)
- мърте́л (mǎrtél, “corpse, body of dead creature”) (dialectal)
- мъ́ртен (mǎ́rten) (secondary formation, extened with suffix -ен (-en))
References
- Nayden Gerov (1899) “мрь́тнꙑй, -тьнъ, -тна, -тно”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 89
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “мърт”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 420
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