стреж

Bulgarian

Etymology

Probably an action noun of Proto-Slavic *strěžiti with unclear meaning.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [strɛʃ]

Noun

стреж • (strež) m

  1. (obsolete) jump scare, panic response
    Synonym: стря́сък (strjásǎk)
    на стреж ― na strež ― on [the] alert

Declension
Declension of стреж
singular
indefinite стреж
strež
definite
(subject form)		 стре́жът
stréžǎt
definite
(object form)		 стре́жа
stréža

Derived terms
  • стре́жба (stréžba, “panic attack”) (obsolete)
  • стре́жко (stréžko, “coward”) (colloquial)

References
  • Gerov, Najden (1895) , “стрѣ́жь”, in Rěčnik na blǎgarskyj jazyk [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Plovdiv: Družestvena pečatnica “Sǎglasie”, page 275
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