понява

Bulgarian

Etymology

By surface analysis, пон (pon, “stretched fabric”) (dialectal) +‎ -ява (-java).

Noun

поня́ва • (ponjáva) f (dialectal or obsolete)

  1. covering, tunic, sheet (that covers)
  2. shroud, winding cloth (enveloping garment that deceased are wrapped with before burial)
    Synonyms: покро́в (pokróv), плащани́ца (plaštaníca), сава́н (saván)

Declension

Eastern dialects:

Declension of поня́ва
singular plural
indefinite поня́ва
ponjáva 		поня́ви
ponjávi
definite поня́вата
ponjávata 		поня́вите
ponjávite

Western dialects:

Declension of по́нява
singular plural
indefinite по́нява
pónjava 		по́няви
pónjavi
definite по́нявата
pónjavata 		по́нявите
pónjavite

References

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