къща

Bulgarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic кѫща (kǫšta), from Proto-Slavic *kǫťa, either an Iranian borrowing or if native, possibly related to English hut. Compare further Bulgarian къ́там (kǎ́tam, “to conceal, to tuck away”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɤʃtɐ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɤʃtɐ
  • Hyphenation(key): къ‧ща

Noun

къ́ща • (kǎ́šta) f (relational adjective къ́щен or къщо́вен)

  1. house
  2. home
    Ра́ботя от къ́щи.
    Rábotja ot kǎ́šti.
    I am working from home.
  3. (collective) household

Usage notes

Modern Bulgarian has preserved the locative form къщи in combination with prepositions:

  • вкъ́щи (vkǎ́šti, “at home”)
  • от къ́щи (ot kǎ́šti, “from home”)
  • към къ́щи (kǎm kǎ́šti, “towards home”)

Declension

Declension of къ́ща
singular plural
indefinite къ́ща
kǎ́šta 		къ́щи, къщя́1
kǎ́šti, kǎštjá1
definite къ́щата
kǎ́štata 		къ́щите, къщя́та1
kǎ́štite, kǎštjáta1
vocative form къ́що
kǎ́što 		къ́щи, къщя́1
kǎ́šti, kǎštjá1

1Collective dialectal.

Derived terms

  • закъ́щя се (zakǎ́štja se, “to acquire home”)
  • къ́щица (kǎ́štica), къ́щичка (kǎ́štička), къщу́рка (kǎštúrka), къще́ (kǎšté) (diminutive)
  • къ́щник m (kǎ́štnik, “host”), къ́щница f (kǎ́štnica, “hostess, housewife”)
  • къ́щнина (kǎ́štnina, “house work”)
    • покъ́щнина (pokǎ́štnina, “household goods”)
  • къ́щовник m (kǎ́štovnik), къ́щовница f (kǎ́štovnica, “housekeeper”)
  • разкъ́щя се (razkǎ́štja se, “to divorce”) (dialectal)

References

Anagrams

  • щъка (štǎka)
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