освен

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic *освѣнѥ (*osvěnje).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [oˈsvɛn]

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Preposition

осве́н • (osvén)

1. except, apart from, besides

   осве́н това́ ― osvén tová ― besides that

Related terms

• свян (svjan, “bashfulness”)

References

• “освен”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “освен”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “освен”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 934
• “свѣн҄е”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2024

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔsvɛn]

Preposition

освен • (osven)

1. except, apart from, besides

   освен тоа ― osven toa ― besides that

   важи за сите освен за ― važi za site osven za ― [it] holds for everyone expect for [somebody specific]

References

• “освен” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu