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)

1. lack of effort, indolence, idleness
2. (emotional state) apathy, aversion to work

Declension

As masculine o-stem:

Declension of не́хар

	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:

Declension of не́хар

	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