същ

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sy, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sónts, present active participle of the copula съм (sǎm, “to be”). Cognate with Sanskrit सत् (sat), Old English sōþ (whence English sooth).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [sɤʃt]

Adjective

същ • (sǎšt)

  1. the same
    еди́н и същ ― edín i sǎšt ― one and the same
  2. emphatic affirmation of the subject
    „Това́ Ива́н ли бе́ше?“ „Съ́щият.“
    „Tová Iván li béše?“ „Sǎ́štijat.“
    "Was that Ivan?" "It was."

Declension
Declension of същ (no comparative)
masculine feminine neuter plural
indefinite същ
sǎšt		 съ́ща
sǎ́šta		 съ́що
sǎ́što		 съ́щи
sǎ́šti
definite
(subject form)		 съ́щият
sǎ́štijat		 съ́щата
sǎ́štata		 съ́щото
sǎ́štoto		 съ́щите
sǎ́štite
definite
(object form)		 съ́щия
sǎ́štija

Derived terms
  • същина (sǎština, “essence, substance”)
  • същество (sǎštestvo, “essence, entity”)
  • същност (sǎštnost, “essence, self”)
  • същински (sǎštinski, “actual, essential”)
  • съществен (sǎštestven, “substantial”)
  • също (sǎšto, “also”)

References
  • “същ”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
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