тресавище

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tręsavišče. Morphologically from треса́ (tresá) +‎ -ище (-ište). Akin to Serbo-Croatian тре̏сава (“turf swamp”), Ukrainian тряса́вина (trjasávyna, “quag”), Russian тряси́на (trjasína, “quag”), Polish trzęsawisko. Compare Swedish träsk (“swamp”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [trɛˈsaviʃtɛ]

Noun

треса́вище • (tresávište) n (relational adjective треса́вищен)

  1. wetland, peatland
    Synonyms: мочури́ще (močuríšte), (dialectal) млаки́ще (mlakíšte), (dialectal, obsolete) грези́ще (grezíšte)
  2. swamp, quagmire, bog
    Synonyms: бла́то (bláto), бата́к (baták), ба́ра (bára)

Declension

Declension of треса́вище
singular plural
indefinite треса́вище
tresávište 		треса́вища
tresávišta
definite треса́вището
tresávišteto 		треса́вищата
tresávištata

References

  • “тресавище”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “тресавище”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
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