пищен

Bulgarian

Etymology

Reanalyzed from an earlier пи́шен (píšen), itself borrowed from Russian пы́шный (pýšnyj, “fluffy, lush”). The form with -щ- is formed by hypercorrection or possibly confused for native пи́ща (píšta, “food, nourishment”) +‎ -ен (-en).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpiʃtɛn]

Adjective

пи́щен • (píšten) (adverb пи́щно, abstract noun пи́щност)

1. lush, satiated, rich

   Synonyms: ту́чен (túčen), насите́н (nasitén)

2. luscious, savoury, rich in flavours (for dish, taste)
3. (figurative, with superlative connotation) grandiose, elaborate, opulent, luxuriant

   Synonyms: великоле́пен (velikolépen), разко́шен (razkóšen), грандио́зен (grandiózen)

   пи́щен прие́м ― píšten priém ― grand reception

4. (figurative, with negative connotation) flamboyant, audacious, extravagant, lavish, posh

   Synonyms: екстравага́нтен (ekstravagánten), високопа́рен (visokopáren), натру́фен (natrúfen), кичо́зен (kičózen)

Declension

Positive forms of пи́щен

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	пи́щен píšten	пи́щна píštna	пи́щно píštno	пи́щни píštni
definite (subject form)	пи́щният píštnijat	пи́щната píštnata	пи́щното píštnoto	пи́щните píštnite
definite (object form)	пи́щния píštnija

Comparative forms of пи́щен

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	по́-пи́щен pó-píšten	по́-пи́щна pó-píštna	по́-пи́щно pó-píštno	по́-пи́щни pó-píštni
definite (subject form)	по́-пи́щният pó-píštnijat	по́-пи́щната pó-píštnata	по́-пи́щното pó-píštnoto	по́-пи́щните pó-píštnite
definite (object form)	по́-пи́щния pó-píštnija

Superlative forms of пи́щен

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	на́й-пи́щен náj-píšten	на́й-пи́щна náj-píštna	на́й-пи́щно náj-píštno	на́й-пи́щни náj-píštni
definite (subject form)	на́й-пи́щният náj-píštnijat	на́й-пи́щната náj-píštnata	на́й-пи́щното náj-píštnoto	на́й-пи́щните náj-píštnite
definite (object form)	на́й-пи́щния náj-píštnija

Alternative forms

• пи́шен (píšen) — nowadays non-standard, obsolete

References

• “пищен”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “пищен”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “пищен”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 279