нехар
Bulgarian
Etymology
According to Mladenov, substantivized from не- (ne-, negating prefix) + (obsolete) хар (har, “drained from work, fatigued”).
Noun
не́хар • (néhar) m or f (colloquial or dialectal)
Declension
As masculine o-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | не́хар néhar |
не́хари néhari |
| definite (subject form) |
не́харят néharjat |
не́харите néharite |
| definite (object form) |
не́харя néharja | |
| count form | — | не́харя néharja |
As feminine i-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | не́хар néhar |
не́хари néhari |
| definite | нехарта́ nehartá |
не́харите néharite |
Alternative forms
- не́хър (néhǎr) — colloquial, with reduced unstressed -a- > -ъ-
Derived terms
- не́хрьо m (néhrjo), не́хра f (néhra) (agent nouns)
- нехрив (nehriv, “sluggish, languid”)
References
- “нехар”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Nayden Gerov (1899) “не́хъръ (м.) и нехърь (ж.)”, 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 269
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “нехар”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 630