мъзда

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mьzda. Superseded by Russian borrowing награ́да (nagráda).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɐˈzda]

Noun

мъзда́ • (mǎzdá) f (archaic, obsolete)

1. award, payment
2. (in negative sense) retribution

Declension

Declension of мъзда́

	singular
indefinite	мъзда́ mǎzdá
definite	мъзда́та mǎzdáta

Related terms

• мъст (mǎst, “vengeance”)
• възме́здие (vǎzmézdie, “retribution”) (Russian borrowing)

References

• “мъзда”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “мъзда”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 379
• “мьзда”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2024