щастие

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian счастье (sčastʹje). By surface analysis, с- (s-, “part, lot”) +‎ част (čast) +‎ -ие (-ie).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃtastiɛ]

Noun

ща́стие • (štástie) n

1. happiness
2. luck, good fortune

Declension

Declension of ща́стие

	singular
indefinite	ща́стие štástie
definite	ща́стието štástieto

Derived terms

• неща́стие (neštástie), злоща́стие (zloštástie, “misfortune”)
• ща́стлив (štástliv, “happy, fortunate”)
  • ощастливя́ pf (oštastlivjá), ощастливя́вам impf (oštastlivjávam, “to make happy”)

Related terms

• честота́ (čestotá, “frequency”)
• прича́стие (pričástie, “communion”)
• уча́стие (učástie, “participation”)
• у́част (účast, “lot, fate”)

References

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