пастря

Bulgarian

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Cognate with Macedonian пастри (pastri) and possibly related to Greek παστρεύω (pastrévo), Romanian păstra.

According to St. Mladenov, from the root of Proto-Slavic *pasti (to herd, to shepherd), *pasiti (to save), *zapasъ (stock) (formally equivalent to Proto-Slavic *pas(t)riti).

Verb

па̀стря (pàstrja) impf

  1. (transitive) to guard, to protect
    Synonym: пазя (pazja)
  2. (transitive) to hide, to conceal
    Synonym: крия (krija)
  3. (transitive, dialectal) to conserve, to save
    Synonyms: пестя (pestja), пасa (pasa)

Inflection

Derived terms

  • запастря (zapastrja), запастрям (zapastrjam, to stock, to hoard)
  • спастря (spastrja), спастрям (spastrjam, to hide)

References

  • пастря in Речник на българския език
  • Duridanov I., Račeva M., Todorov T., editors (1996), пастря”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 86
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