късно
Bulgarian
Etymology
from Old Church Slavonic късьно (kŭsĭno), adverb from късьнъ (kŭsĭnŭ); compare the verb оукъснѣти (ukŭsněti, “to be late”) and the noun закъснѣние (zakŭsněnije, “laziness”). късно (kǎsno) and the adjective късен (kǎsen) are compounds from the preposition къ (k, “to”) and the dative of сън (sǎn, “dream, sleep”). It was originally used to indicate someone who comes too late because he/she failed to wake on time.[1] Possible cognates include Serbo-Croatian kasno (“late”), Russian косный (kosnyj, “inert, lifeless”), Lithuanian kušlas (“weak, tired”), Latvian kusu (“tired”).
Adverb
къ́сно • (kǎ́sno)
- late
- работя до късно през нощта — work late into the night
Related terms
- късен (kǎsen)
References
- ^ Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 229