гняв

See also: гнав

Bulgarian

Alternative forms

• гнѣвъ (gněv) — Pre-reform orthography (1945)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gněvъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡnʲa̟f]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

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• Rhymes: -af

Noun

гняв • (gnjav) m (relational adjective гне́вен)

1. (emotion) anger, wrath

   Synonyms: яд (jad), (poetic) злост (zlost)

2. (by extension) rage, fury, ferocity, fierceness, ire, choler

   Synonyms: я́рост (járost), бяс (bjas), свире́пост (svirépost), подивя́лост (podivjálost), бу́йност (bújnost)

3. (figuratively) resentment, hatred, spite

   Synonyms: омра́за (omráza), нена́вист (nenávist), зло́ба (zlóba)

Declension

Declension of гняв

	singular	plural
indefinite	гняв gnjav	гневове́1 gnevové1
definite (subject form)	гневъ́т gnevǎ́t	гневове́те1 gnevovéte1
definite (object form)	гнева́ gnevá
count form	—	гня́ва gnjáva

¹Rare.

Derived terms

• гневя́ (gnevjá, “to infuriate, to enrage”)
• гневя́ се (gnevjá se, “to get angry, to feel anger”)

References

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