тежест

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tęžestь. Morphologically equivalent to те́жък (téžǎk, “heavy”) +‎ -ест (-est).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛʒɛst]

Noun

те́жест • (téžest) f

1. (physics) weight (force exerted by gravity)
2. (weightlifting) weight, weighted disk, plate
3. (figuratively) burden, heaviness

Declension

Declension of те́жест

	singular	plural
indefinite	те́жест téžest	те́жести téžesti
definite	тежестта́ težesttá	те́жестите téžestite

Related terms

• тежина́ (težiná, “heft, heaviness”)
• те́гло (téglo, “weight, burden”)
• тя́гост (tjágost, “burden, drag”)
• тъ́га (tǎ́ga, “sadness”)
• тъ́жба (tǎ́žba, “burden”)

References

• “тежест”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “тежест”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010