пирот

Bulgarian

Etymology

By surface analysis, пи́рам (píram, “to lash, to shove”) +‎ -от (-ot). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic пиротъ (pirotŭ, “rage”).

Noun

пи́рот • (pírot) m (dialectal, dated)

1. hindrance, impediment, obstruction

Declension

Declension of пи́рот

	singular
indefinite	пи́рот pírot
definite (subject form)	пи́ротът pírotǎt
definite (object form)	пи́рота pírota

Derived terms

• Пи́рот (Pírot) (toponym)

verbs

• (causative-iterative) пи́ротя (pírotja)

 

nouns

• (agent noun) пи́ротник m (pírotnik)
• (agent noun) пи́ротница f (pírotnica)

 

Related terms

• пира́т (pirát, “lock bar”) (dialectal)

References

• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “пиротем”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 256