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Bulgarian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *napastь. Syncronically, a deverbal of напа́дам (napádam, “to assault”). By surface analysis, на- (na-) + паст (past, “chasm, rift”).
Pronunciation
Noun
на́паст • (nápast) f (relational adjective на́пастен)
- (obsolete) toppling, downfall
- evil, detriment, trouble
- причинявам / кроя / върша някому напаст ― pričinjavam / kroja / vǎrša njakomu napast ― to cause / conjure / do evil to s.o.
- (by extension) nuisance, nagger, scourge (great irritation)
- напаст божия ― napast božija ― a scourge of God
Declension
Derived terms
References
- “напаст”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “напаст”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Nayden Gerov (1899) “на́пасть”, 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 194
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “напаст”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 489
- “напасть”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2025
Macedonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *napastь.
Pronunciation
Noun
напаст • (napast) f
- nuisance, nagger
Declension
Declension of напаст
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singular
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plural
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indefinite
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напаст (napast)
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напасти (napasti)
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definite unspecified
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напаста (napasta)
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напастите (napastite)
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definite proximal
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напастиве (napastive)
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definite distal
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напастине (napastine)
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vocative
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напаст (napast)
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напасти (napasti)
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Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nǎːpast/
- Hyphenation: на‧паст
Noun
на́паст f (Latin spelling nápast)
- temptation
- pest (annoying creature or person)
Declension