вретище

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vertišče; equivalent to врещ (vrešt, “bag, sack”) +‎ -ище (-ište). Originally meaning something woven, intertwined (cf. Old Church Slavonic врѣтищє (vrětište, “large basket, sack, coat”)).

Noun

вре́тище • (vrétište) n

(dialectal) Augmentative of врещ (vrešt)
Synonym: чувал (čuval)
(archaic) overcoat, mantle made of rough material
Synonym: кожух (kožuh)

Declension

Declension of вре́тище

	singular	plural
indefinite	вре́тище vrétište	вре́тища vrétišta
definite	вре́тището vrétišteto	вре́тищата vrétištata

Alternative forms

врятище (vrjatište) – dialectal

Related terms

въртя (vǎrtja, “to rotate, to turn”)
вратя (vratja), връщам (vrǎštam, “to return”)
вретено (vreteno, “spindle”)
време (vreme, “time”)
врат (vrat, “turn; neck”)
врът (vrǎt, “small turn; garden”)

References

вретище in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
врѣтище in Исторически речник на Българския език, Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"
Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “вретище”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 186

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