държава
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Bulgarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Church Slavonic дръжава (drŭžava), from Proto-Slavic *dьržava. Morphologically equivalent to държа́ (dǎržá, “to hold, to seize”) + -ава (-ava).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): [dɐrˈʒa̟vɐ]
Audio (Standard Bulgarian): (file) - Rhymes: -avɐ
- Syllabification(key): дър‧жа‧ва
Noun
[edit]държа́ва • (dǎržáva) f (relational adjective държа́вен)
- state (polity or community)
- демократи́чна държа́ва
- demokratíčna dǎržáva
- democratic state
- сувере́нна държа́ва
- suverénna dǎržáva
- sovereign state
- полице́йска държа́ва
- policéjska dǎržáva
- police state
- тоталита́рна държа́ва
- totalitárna dǎržáva
- totalitarian state
- Ви́е сте ца́рски хо́ра, хо́ра на държа́вата.
- Víe ste cárski hóra, hóra na dǎržávata.
- You are the tsar's people, people of the state.
- country (the territory of a nation; a sovereign state or a region once independent and still distinct in institutions, language, etc)
- Synonym: страна́ (straná)
- бя́ла държа́ва
- bjála dǎržáva
- highly developed and well-regulated country
- (literally, “white country”)
- Погле́днете на държа́вите и ми посоче́те две държа́ви с една́къв тип на управле́ние.
- Poglédnete na dǎržávite i mi posočéte dve dǎržávi s ednákǎv tip na upravlénie.
- Look at the countries and point out to me two countries with the same type of government.
- (dialectal) aggregated real estate, property, farmstead
- Synonym: имо́т (imót)
- Коша́рите му и държа́вите му са нака́цали по вси́чки око́лни у́рви, чу́ки и усо́и.
- Košárite mu i dǎržávite mu sa nakácali po vsíčki okólni úrvi, čúki i usói.
- His sheepfolds and his properties are perched on all the surrounding steep slopes, peaks and shady valleys.
- globus cruciger (item of regalia consisting of a ball topped with a cross)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | държа́ва dǎržáva |
държа́ви dǎržávi |
| definite | държа́вата dǎržávata |
държа́вите dǎržávite |
| vocative form | държа́во dǎržávo |
държа́ви dǎržávi |
References
[edit]- “държава”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “държава”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “държава”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 461
- “държава”, in БЕРОН (Български езикови ресурси онлайн) [BERON (Bulgarian Language Resources Online)] (in Bulgarian), Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2024
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- Bulgarian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
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- Bulgarian 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Bulgarian/avɐ
- Rhymes:Bulgarian/avɐ/3 syllables
- Bulgarian lemmas
- Bulgarian nouns
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