Jump to content

хърдание

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Bulgarian

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Fossilized verbal noun from Proto-Slavic *xъrdati (to gnaw, to irritate) +‎ -ание (-anie). Probably akin to Lithuanian skardė́ti (to resound, to ring).

Pronunciation

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

хърда́ние (hǎrdánien

  1. (poetic) brawl, scuffle, commotion
    Synonyms: мъ́мрене (mǎ́mrene), хо́кане (hókane)
    • 1895, Aleko Konstantinov, Bay Ganyo goes around Europe:
      Народът [...] е роб: робуването за него е блаженство, тиранията - благодеяние, раболепието - геройство, презрителното хърдание - музика...
      Narodǎt [...] e rob: robuvaneto za nego e blaženstvo, tiranijata - blagodejanie, rabolepieto - gerojstvo, prezritelnoto hǎrdanie - muzika...
      The common folk [...] is a slave: for them, the servitude is a bliss, the tyranny - beneficence, the servility - heroism, the scornful scolding - music...

Declension

[edit]
[edit]

Further reading

[edit]
  • Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “ръдам²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 363