поразия

Bulgarian

Etymology

Action noun from поразя (porazja, “to strike, to hit”) +‎ -ия (-ija).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [porɐˈzijɐ]
• Rhymes: -ijɐ

Noun

порази́я • (porazíja) f

1. (colloquial) damage, harm

   Synonyms: вреда́ (vredá), щета́ (štetá), па́губа (páguba)

2. (by extension) mischief, trouble, commotion (usually with пра́вя (právja, “to do, to make”))

   Synonyms: па́кост (pákost), беля́ (beljá)

   пра́вя порази́и ― právja porazíi ― to misbehave, to cause troubles

3. (colloquial, figurative) misfortune, adversity, trouble, disaster

   Synonyms: неща́стие (neštástie), беда́ (bedá), катастро́фа (katastrófa)

4. (abstract) excess, overage

   на порази́я ― na porazíja ― throughout, in large quantity, with large intensity

Declension

Declension of порази́я

	singular	plural
indefinite	порази́я porazíja	порази́и porazíi
definite	порази́ята porazíjata	порази́ите porazíite

Related terms

• пораже́ние (poražénie, “defeat”)
• пора́за (poráza, “harm, damage; curse”) (obsolete)
• порази́на (porazína, “disease, harm”) (dialectal, colloquial)

References

• “поразия”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “поразия”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “поразявам, поразя”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 528: Произв.: ... порази́я ‘нещастие, катастрофа; вреда, щета’