страст

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *strastь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [strast]

Noun

страст • (strast) f

1. passion, great emotion
2. (archaic) pain, emotional burden, affliction

   Synonyms: страдание (stradanie), печал (pečal)

Declension

Declension of страст

	singular	plural
indefinite	страст strast	стра́сти strásti
definite	страстта́ strasttá	стра́стите strástite

Derived terms

• страстен (strasten, “passionate”)
  • страстност (strastnost, “passion, vehemence”)
  • страстник (strastnik, “passionate one”)

Related terms

• страдам (stradam, “to suffer”)
• страдание (stradanie, “suffering”)
• страдалец (stradalec, “sufferer”)

References

• “страст”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• страсть in Български исторически речник, published by Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"
• Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “страст”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 489

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *strastь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [strast]

Noun

страст • (strast) f (relational adjective страстен or страствен)

1. passion

Declension

Declension of страст

	singular	plural
indefinite	страст	страсти
definite unspecified	страста	страстите
definite proximal	—	страстиве
definite distal	—	страстине
vocative	страст	страсти

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *strastь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /strâːst/

Noun

стра̑ст f (Latin spelling strȃst)

1. passion

Declension

Declension of страст

	singular	plural
nominative	страст	страсти
genitive	страсти	страсти
dative	страсти	страстима
accusative	страст	страсти
vocative	страсти	страсти
locative	страсти	страстима
instrumental	страшћу / страсти	страстима