пастря

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Bulgarian

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Etymology

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Uncertain. Cognate with Macedonian пастри (pastri) and possibly related to Greek παστρεύω (pastrévo), Romanian păstra.

According to St. Mladenov, from the root of Proto-Slavic *pasti (to herd, to shepherd), *pasiti (to save), *zapasъ (stock) (formally equivalent to Proto-Slavic *pas(t)riti).

Verb

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па́стря (pástrja) first-singular present indicativeimpf (archaic or dialectal)

  1. (transitive) to guard, to protect
    Synonym: пазя (pazja)
  2. (transitive) to hide, to conceal
    Synonym: крия (krija)
  3. (transitive) to conserve, to save
    Synonyms: пестя (pestja), паса (pasa)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  • пастря”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “пастря”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 86