дъх

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dъxъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dɤx]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

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• Rhymes: -ɤx

Noun

дъх • (dǎh) m

1. breath (air expelled from the lungs)
2. (figurative) moment, tact

   на един дъх ― na edin dǎh ― for [the duration of] one breath

Declension

Declension of дъх

	singular	plural
indefinite	дъх dǎh	дъ́хове dǎ́hove
definite (subject form)	дъхъ́т dǎhǎ́t	дъ́ховете dǎ́hovete
definite (object form)	дъха́ dǎhá
count form	—	дъ́ха dǎ́ha

Derived terms

• дъхав (dǎhav, “aromatic, fragrant”)
• дъхвам (dǎhvam), дъхна (dǎhna, “to take a breath”) (rare)
  • вдъхвам (vdǎhvam), вдъхна (vdǎhna, “to inhale, to inspire”)
  • въздъхвам (vǎzdǎhvam), въздъхна (vǎzdǎhna, “to sigh, to suspire”)
  • задъхвам (zadǎhvam), задъхна (zadǎhna, “to breathe heavily, to suffocate”)
  • издъхвам (izdǎhvam), издъхна (izdǎhna, “to exhale, to pass away”)
  • отдъхвам (otdǎhvam), отдъхна (otdǎhna, “to respite, to gasp in sign of relief”)

Related terms

• дишам (dišam, “to breathe repeatedly”)
  • дишане (dišane, “breathing”)
• дихам (diham, “to breathe punctually”)
  • дихание (dihanie, “breath, gasp”)
• духам (duham, “to blow”)

References

• “дъх”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “дъх”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 466