дързост

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic дрьзость (drĭzostĭ), formed from дрьзъ (drĭzŭ) +‎ -ость (-ostĭ). Cognate with Czech drzost.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɤrzost]

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Noun

дъ́рзост • (dǎ́rzost) f (relational adjective дъ́рзостен)

1. audacity, boldness, courage

   Synonyms: сме́лост (smélost), хра́брост (hrábrost)

2. insolence, impudence, impertinence

   Synonym: наха́лство (nahálstvo)

Declension

Declension of дъ́рзост

	singular	plural
indefinite	дъ́рзост dǎ́rzost	дъ́рзости dǎ́rzosti
definite	дързостта́ dǎrzosttá	дъ́рзостите dǎ́rzostite

Related terms

• дъ́рзък (dǎ́rzǎk)
• (rare) дръ́зкост (drǎ́zkost)

References

• “дързост”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “дързост”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “дързост”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 462