Bulgarian edit

Etymology edit

Fossilized past active participle of Old Church Slavonic почити (počiti, to take a rest) + -вш (-vš).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

почи́вш (počívš)

  1. (obsolete, dated) rested, relaxed
    Synonym: (standard) отпочи́нал (otpočínal)
  2. (figurative) deceased, dead
    Synonyms: умря́л (umrjál), почи́нал (počínal)
    пре́жде почи́вшpréžde počívšpassed away a while ago

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References edit

  • Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “почивам, почина”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 567: почи́вш, почи́вши остр.