страст

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *strastь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

страст • (strast) f

1. passion, great emotion
2. (archaic) pain, emotional burden, affliction

   Synonyms: страдание (stradanie), печал (pečal)

Declension

Derived terms

• страстен (strasten, “passionate”)
  • страстност (strastnost, “passion, vehemence”)
  • страстник (strastnik, “passionate one”)

Related terms

• страдам (stradam, “to suffer”)
• страдание (stradanie, “suffering”)
• страдалец (stradalec, “sufferer”)

References

• “страст”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• страсть in Български исторически речник, published by Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"
• Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “страст”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 489

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *strastь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

страст • (strast) f (relational adjective страстен or страствен)

1. passion

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *strastь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /strâːst/

Noun

стра̑ст f (Latin spelling strȃst)

1. passion

Declension