навуща
Bulgarian
Кожени навуща на опинци
Etymology
According to BER, a clipping of наво́ище (navóište, “something wrapped around”) + обу́ща pl (obúšta, “footwear”). Alternatively, possibly a plurale tantum of hypothetical Proto-Slavic *navuťe n (“footwear”) (attested as dial. наву́ще sg (navúšte) in Rupian dialects).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [nɐˈvuʃtə]
Noun
наву́ща • (navúšta) pl
- (plural only, historical) shoe shaft (wrapped-around piece of cloth or leather in traditional footwear such as църву́ли (cǎrvúli), опи́нци (opínci), чепи́ци (čepíci))
- Synonym: на́вой (návoj)
Alternative forms
- наво́ща (navóšta) (dialectal)
Declension
Declension of наву́ща
| plural | |
|---|---|
| indefinite | наву́ща navúšta |
| definite | наву́щата navúštata |
Related terms
- обу́ща pl (obúšta, “footwear”)
- на́вой (návoj, “wrapped-around cloth”), нави́вка (navívka, “coiling”)
References
- навуща in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
- навуща in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)
- Georgiev Vl. I., Duridanov I., editors (1995) , “навуща”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 461