By surface analysis, стоя́ (stojá, “to stand”) + -еж (-ež).
стое́ж • (stoéž) m
- posture
Declension of стое́ж
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singular
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indefinite
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стое́ж stoéž
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definite (subject form)
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стое́жът stoéžǎt
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definite (object form)
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стое́жа stoéža
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- сто́йка (stójka, “stand, posture”)
- сто́йба (stójba, “state”) (dialectal)
- “стоеж”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “стоеж”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010