въздух

Bulgarian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Balto-Slavic *uź

Proto-Slavic *vъz

Proto-Slavic *vъz-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰews-der.

Proto-Balto-Slavic *dausas

Proto-Slavic *duxъ

Proto-Slavic *vъzduxъ

Bulgarian въздух

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vъzduxъ. By surface analysis, въз- (văz-) + дух (duh).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɤzdox]

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• Rhymes: -ɤzdox
• Syllabification^(key): въз‧дух

Noun

въ́здух • (vắzduh) m (relational adjective възду́шен)

1. (uncountable) air (gases making up the atmosphere of a planet)

Declension

Declension of въ́здух

	singular
indefinite	въ́здух vắzduh
definite (subject form)	въ́здухът vắzduhăt
definite (object form)	въ́здуха vắzduha

References

• “въздух”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “въздух”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “въздух”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 203
• “въздух”, in БЕРОН (Български езикови ресурси онлайн) [BERON (Bulgarian Language Resources Online)] (in Bulgarian), Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2024