дръста

Bulgarian

Etymology

Formally from an earlier *dьrsta, whence also Romanian dârstă, Albanian dërstil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdrɤstɐ]

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Noun

дръ́ста • (drǎ́sta) f

1. (historical, dialectal) fulling mill

   Synonym: тепа́вица (tepávica)

2. (figurative) cloging, choking (some hindrance which obstructs the natural flow of things)

Declension

Declension of дръ́ста

	singular
indefinite	дръ́ста drǎ́sta
definite	дръ́стата drǎ́stata

Alternative forms

• дорста (dorsta), дрста (drsta) — with dialectal realization of original *-r̥-
• дръ́ща (drǎ́šta) — ja-stem

Related terms

• дръ́стя (drǎ́stja, “to thrash, to thrust, to clog”) (dialectal)
• дръ́скам (drǎ́skam, “to lash, to shake off”) (dialectal)

References

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