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нощ

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Bulgarian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Church Slavonic нощь (noštĭ), from Proto-Slavic *noťь.

Pronunciation

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  • It is common to not pronounce the /t/ of the word-final щ, and its emphasis is often reserved for more careful or formal speech.

Noun

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нощ (noštf

  1. night (the part of the day between evening and morning, when it is dark)
    Antonym: ден (den)
    През нощта валя силен дъжд и улиците останаха мокри до сутринта.
    Prez noštta valja silen dăžd i ulicite ostanaha mokri do sutrinta.
    During the night it rained heavily, and the streets remained wet until morning.
    Децата заспаха рано, защото предишната нощ почти не бяха спали.
    Decata zaspaha rano, zaštoto predišnata nošt počti ne bjaha spali.
    The children fell asleep early because they had hardly slept the previous night.
  2. night, evening (a particular night, often considered as an occasion or period of time)
    Това беше тиха лятна нощ, пълна със звезди и щурци.
    Tova beše tiha ljatna nošt, pălna săs zvezdi i šturci.
    It was a quiet summer night, full of stars and crickets.
    В първата нощ от пътуването останахме в малко планинско село.
    V părvata nošt ot pătuvaneto ostanahme v malko planinsko selo.
    On the first night of the journey, we stayed in a small mountain village.
  3. overnight stay, night (a night spent somewhere, especially in travel or accommodation)
    Цената на стаята е осемдесет лева за нощ.
    Cenata na stajata e osemdeset leva za nošt.
    The price of the room is eighty leva per night.
    Резервирахме хотел за три нощи близо до морето.
    Rezervirahme hotel za tri nošti blizo do moreto.
    We booked a hotel for three nights near the sea.
  4. (figurative) darkness, gloom (a state or period of darkness, ignorance, suffering, or despair)
    След войната над страната сякаш падна дълга нощ на страх и бедност.
    Sled vojnata nad stranata sjakaš padna dălga nošt na strah i bednost.
    After the war, a long night of fear and poverty seemed to fall over the country.
    В душата му цареше нощ, докато не получи вест от семейството си.
    V dušata mu careše nošt, dokato ne poluči vest ot semejstvoto si.
    There was darkness in his soul until he received news from his family.

Declension

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Declension of нощ
singular plural
indefinite нощ
nošt
но́щи
nóšti
definite нощта́
nošttá
но́щите
nóštite

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