горещ

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *goręťь, a fossilized present active participle of Bulgarian горя́ (gorjá, “to burn, to torch”) + -ещ (-ešt). Doublet of горя́щ (gorjášt), a Russism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡoˈrɛʃt]

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Adjective

горе́щ • (goréšt) (adverb горе́що, abstract noun горещина́)

1. hot
2. (figurative) ardent
3. (figurative) fierce, heated

   горе́щ спор ― goréšt spor ― heated argument

Declension

Positive forms of горе́щ

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	горе́щ goréšt	горе́ща goréšta	горе́що goréšto	горе́щи goréšti
definite (subject form)	горе́щият goréštijat	горе́щата goréštata	горе́щото goréštoto	горе́щите goréštite
definite (object form)	горе́щия goréštija

Comparative forms of горе́щ

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	по́-горе́щ pó-goréšt	по́-горе́ща pó-goréšta	по́-горе́що pó-goréšto	по́-горе́щи pó-goréšti
definite (subject form)	по́-горе́щият pó-goréštijat	по́-горе́щата pó-goréštata	по́-горе́щото pó-goréštoto	по́-горе́щите pó-goréštite
definite (object form)	по́-горе́щия pó-goréštija

Superlative forms of горе́щ

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	на́й-горе́щ náj-goréšt	на́й-горе́ща náj-goréšta	на́й-горе́що náj-goréšto	на́й-горе́щи náj-goréšti
definite (subject form)	на́й-горе́щият náj-goréštijat	на́й-горе́щата náj-goréštata	на́й-горе́щото náj-goréštoto	на́й-горе́щите náj-goréštite
definite (object form)	на́й-горе́щия náj-goréštija

Derived terms

• горе́щник (goréštnik, “hot day”)

Related terms

• горя́ (gorjá, “to burn”), гре́я (gréja, “to warm”), жаря́ (žarjá, “to scorch”)
• гори́во (gorívo, “fuel”)

References

• “горещ”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “горещ”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010