месопуст

Bulgarian

Etymology

Compound of месо (meso, “meat”) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ пуст (pust, “empty, devoid”), inherited from Old Church Slavonic мѧсопоустъ (męsopustŭ). Synchronically, probably a calque of Latin carnisprivium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɛsoˈpust]

Noun

месопу́ст • (mesopúst) m (relational adjective месопу́стен)

1. (ecclesiastical) beginning of fasting; particularly Месопустна неделя (equivalent to Catholic “Quinquagesima”)

   Synonym: (dated) заговя́зън (zagovjázǎn)

Declension

Declension of месопу́ст

	singular
indefinite	месопу́ст mesopúst
definite (subject form)	месопу́стът mesopústǎt
definite (object form)	месопу́ста mesopústa

Coordinate terms

• пост (post, “fasting, lent”)

References

• “месопуст”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “месопуст”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 760
• “мѧсопоустъ”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2025