Bulgarian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈvɤzrɐst]
  • (file)

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Slavic *vъzorstь, a deverbal action noun of възраста́ pf (vǎzrastá), възра́ствам impf (vǎzrástvam, to grow up, to mature). Masculine declension reflecting Etymology 2.

Noun edit

въ́зраст (vǎ́zrastf or m (relational adjective въ́зрастен)

  1. age (duration of being from birth until present)
    Synonyms: връст (vrǎst), (dialectal) по́ра (póra)
    чове́к на въ́зрастčovék na vǎ́zrasta person of age (who has reached adulthood)
Usage notes edit

The term is currently a feminine. The masculine gender and declension are archaic.

Declension edit
Related terms edit

References edit

  • възраст¹”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • възраст”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “възраст”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 204

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Church Slavonic въздрастъ (vŭzdrastŭ) (Proto-Slavic *vъzorstъ), a resultant noun of възраста́ pf (vǎzrastá), възра́ствам impf (vǎzrástvam, to grow up, to mature).

Noun edit

въ́зраст (vǎ́zrastm (relational adjective въ́зрастов)

  1. (archaic) height
    Synonym: ръст (rǎst)
Declension edit

References edit

  • възраст²”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • въздрастъ in Исторически речник на Българския език, Sofia Univeristy "St. Clement Ohridsky"