място

Bulgarian

Alternative forms

• мѣ́сто (mě́sto) (Pre-reform orthography (1945))

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *město.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmʲa̟sto]

Noun

мя́сто • (mjásto) n (relational adjective ме́стен, diminutive месте́нце or местце́)

1. place, venue, spot, scene, locale, space, room, position, locality, site
2. seat, place, berth
3. point, passage (part of a text or story)
4. place, job, office, situation, position, crib

Declension

Declension of мя́сто

	singular	plural
indefinite	мя́сто mjásto	места́ mestá
definite	мя́стото mjástoto	места́та mestáta

Derived terms

• ме́стя (méstja, “to change place”)
• ме́стност (méstnost, “area, locality”)

References

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