навуща

Bulgarian

Кожени навуща на опинци

Etymology

According to BER, a clipping of наво́ище (navóište, “something wrapped around”) +‎ обу́ща pl (obúšta, “footwear”). Alternatively, possibly a plurale tantum of hypothetical Proto-Slavic *navuťe n (“footwear”) (attested as dialectal наву́ще sg (navúšte) in Rupian dialects).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [nɐˈvuʃtə]

Noun

наву́ща • (navúšta) pl

(plural only, historical) shoe shaft (wrapped-around piece of cloth or leather in traditional footwear such as църву́ли (cǎrvúli), опи́нци (opínci), чепи́ци (čepíci))
Synonym: на́вой (návoj)

Declension

Declension of наву́ща

	plural
indefinite	наву́ща navúšta
definite	наву́щата navúštata

Alternative forms

наво́ща (navóšta) – dialectal

Related terms

обу́ща pl (obúšta, “footwear”)
на́вой (návoj, “wrapped-around cloth”), нави́вка (navívka, “coiling”)

References

навуща in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
навуща in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)
Georgiev V. I., Duridanov I., editor (1995), “навуща”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 461

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