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): [ˈxaɫost]

Noun

ха́лост • (hálost) f

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

Usage notes

In the modern language, limited to the adverb на ха́лост (na hálost, “in vain, for no avail”).

Declension

Declension of ха́лост

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

Alternative forms

ха́лос (hálos) — dialectal

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

Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1904) “ха́лость и ха́лось”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 484

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