къшей

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kǫšьjь (or from *kǫsьjь, *kǫsějь with expressive palatalization of *-s- > *-š-). Equivalent to къс (kǎs, “piece, bite”) +‎ -ей (-ej).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɤʃɛj]

Noun

къ́шей • (kǎ́šej) m

1. piece, slice (of bread)

   Synonyms: крава́йче (kravájče), къ́ршей (kǎ́ršej)

   къ́шей хляб ― kǎ́šej hljab ― piece of bread

2. bite, morsel

   Synonyms: къс (kǎs), за́лък (zálǎk), ха́пка (hápka)

Declension

Declension of къ́шей

	singular	plural
indefinite	къ́шей kǎ́šej	къ́шеи kǎ́šei
definite (subject form)	къ́шеят kǎ́šejat	къ́шеите kǎ́šeite
definite (object form)	къ́шея kǎ́šeja
count form	—	къ́шея kǎ́šeja

Alternative forms

• къ́ший (kǎ́šij) — outdated
• ку́шей (kúšej), къ́шъй (kǎ́šǎj) — dialectal

Related terms

• къс (kǎs, “piece, bite”)

References

• “къшей”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “къшей”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “къшей”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 238