сиротиня

Bulgarian edit

From Proto-Slavic *sirotyni; equivalent to сирота́ (sirotá, “dear”) +‎ -иня (-inja).

сироти́ня • (sirotínja) f (masculine сирота́)

(obsolete) female equivalent of сирота́ (sirotá): female orphan
(dialectal, figurative) female equivalent of сирота́ (sirotá): unfortunate, poor woman
Synonym: неща́стница (neštástnica)
(poetic, collective) the poorest social class
Synonym: бедноти́я (bednotíja)

Declension of сироти́ня

	singular	plural
indefinite	сироти́ня sirotínja	сироти́ни sirotíni
definite	сироти́нята sirotínjata	сироти́ните sirotínite

“сиротиня”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
“сиротиня”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010