застра

Bulgarian

Etymology

From за- (za-) +‎ Proto-Slavic *ustra (“dawn”) (compare Old Church Slavonic заоустра (zaustra), attested in Ps. sin.). Doublet of у́тро (útro) (the later levelled out from *jutro (“early, soon”)).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈzastrɐ]
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Noun

за́стра • (zástra) f

(dialectal, obsolete) dawn, daybreak
Synonyms: за́ран (záran), (dialectal) му́гра (múgra)

Declension

Declension of за́стра

	singular	plural
indefinite	за́стра zástra	за́стри zástri
definite	за́страта zástrata	за́стрите zástrite

Alternative forms

заутра (zautra), завстра (zavstra) — obsolete

Related terms

су́трин (sútrin, “morning”)

References

“застра”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
Nayden Gerov (1897) “за́стра”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 123
Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “застра, ʒастра”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 611
“заоутра”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2024

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