халост

Bulgarian

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Slavic *xalъ (“torn, worn-out, wasted”) +‎ -ост (-ost), akin to dialectal Russian хал (xal, “junk, worthless stuff”), Polish chała (“dreck, dross”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈxaɫos(t)]

Noun

ха́лост • (hálost) f

(obsolete) vanity, futility
Synonyms: безполе́зност (bezpoléznost), суета́ (suetá), (dated) тъщина́ (tǎštiná)

Alternative forms

ха́лос (hálos) (dialectal)

Usage notes

In the modern language, limited to the adverb наха́лост (nahálost, “in vain, for no avail”).

Declension

Declension of ха́лост

	singular	plural
indefinite	ха́лост hálost	ха́лости hálosti
definite	халостта́ halosttá	ха́лостите hálostite

Related terms

ха́лам (hálam), хала́я (halája, “to tease, to rag, to annoy”) (dialectal)
- ха́льо (háljo, “goof, bore, jackass”) (pejorative)
ха́лище (hálište, “thick, rough fabric”), хали́на (halína, “rough overgarment”) (possibly)

References

Gerov, Najden (1895), “ха́лость и ха́лось”, in Rěčnik na blǎgarskyj jazyk [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Plovdiv: Družestvena pečatnica “Sǎglasie”, page 484

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