нощ

See also: нош

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic нощь (noštĭ), from Proto-Slavic *noťь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nɔʃt]

• Audio (articulated final t)

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• It is common to not pronounce the /t/ of the word-final щ, and its emphasis is often reserved for more careful or formal speech.

Noun

нощ • (nošt) f

1. night, nighttime (period of time from sundown to sunup)

   ле́ка нощ ― léka nošt ― good night

   ми́налата нощ ― mínalata nošt ― last night

   къ́сна нощ ― kǎ́sna nošt ― late night

Declension

Declension of нощ

	singular	plural
indefinite	нощ nošt	но́щи nóšti
definite	нощта́ nošttá	но́щите nóštite

Derived terms

• но́щем (nóštem)
• но́щен (nóšten)
• но́щница (nóštnica)
• ноще́с (noštés)
• ноще́ска (noštéska)
• нощу́вам impf (noštúvam)
• нощу́вка (noštúvka)
• полуно́щ (polunóšt)
• полуно́щен (polunóšten)
• пренощу́вам impf (prenoštúvam)
• сно́щен (snóšten)
• сно́щи (snóšti)
• средно́щ (srednóšt)
• средно́щен (srednóšten)

 

References

• “нощ”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “нощ”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “нощ”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, pages 695-696