дъх

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dъxъ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [dɤx]

Noun

дъх • (dǎh) m

breath (air expelled from the lungs)
(figurative) moment, tact
на един дъх ― na edin dǎh ― for [the duration of] one breath

Declension

Declension of дъх

	singular	plural
indefinite	дъх dǎh	дъ́хове dǎ́hove
definite (subject form)	дъхъ́т dǎhǎ́t	дъ́ховете dǎ́hovete
definite (object form)	дъха́ dǎhá	дъ́ховете dǎ́hovete
count form	—	дъ́ха dǎ́ha

Derived terms

дъхвам (dǎhvam), дъхна (dǎhna, “to take a breath”) (rare)
- вдъхвам (vdǎhvam), вдъхна (vdǎhna, “to inhale, to inspire”)
- въздъхвам (vǎzdǎhvam), въздъхна (vǎzdǎhna, “to sigh, to suspire”)
- задъхвам (zadǎhvam), задъхна (zadǎhna, “to breathe heavily, to suffocate”)
- издъхвам (izdǎhvam), издъхна (izdǎhna, “to exhale, to pass away”)
- отдъхвам (otdǎhvam), отдъхна (otdǎhna, “to respite, to gasp in sign of relief”)
дъхав (dǎhav, “aromatic, fragrant”)

Related terms

дишам (dišam, “to breathe repeatedly”)
- дишане (dišane, “breathing”)
дихам (diham, “to breathe punctually”)
- дихание (dihanie, “breath, gasp”)
духам (duham, “to blow”)

References

дъх in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “дъх”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 466

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