натще

Univerbation of на (na) +‎ тще (tšte, “in vanity”) (dated), a fossilized neuter accusative case of Old Church Slavonic тъщь (tŭštĭ, “desolate”).

натще́ • (natšté) (dated)

1. in a depleted or empty state

   Натще стомах вино не се пие. ― Natšte stomah vino ne se pie. ― Wine should not be drunk on an empty stomach.

   натще сърце ― natšte sǎrce ― miserably, in a wretched state (literally, “with a depleted heart”)

• изтощя́ pf (iztoštjá), изтоща́вам impf (iztoštávam, “to tire out”)
• щета́ (štetá, “damage”)

• “наще”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “наще́”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 253

From *na +‎ *tъšče +‎ *(sьrdьce)

• IPA^(key): [ˈnatʃt͡ʃe]

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на́тще • (nátšče)

1. on an empty stomach

   Synonym: натще́серце (natščéserce)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “натще”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka