пладне

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic пладьне (pladĭne), from Proto-Slavic *poldьne (< earlier *polъdьne) - a case form of *polъ (“half”) +‎ *dьnь (“day”). Cognate with Macedonian пладне (pladne) and Czech poledne, among others.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɫadnɛ]
• Hyphenation^(key): плад‧не

Noun

пла́дне • (pládne) n (uncountable)

1. noon (the time around 12:00; the middle of the day, when the Sun is highest in the sky)

   Synonyms: о́бед (óbed), (dialectal) пла́днина (pládnina)

2. (dialectal) lunch

Declension

Declension of пла́дне

	singular
indefinite	пла́дне pládne
definite	пла́днето pládneto

Related terms

• полуде́н (poludén, “half a day”)

References

• “пладне”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “пладне”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “пладне”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, pages 291-292
• Ivanova-Mirčeva, D., editor (2009), “пладьне”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Church Slavonic Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Sofia: Valentin Trajanov, page 213

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *polъdьnь, from *polъ- (“half-”) + *dьnь (“day”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɫadnɛ]

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Noun

пладне • (pladne) n (relational adjective пладневен)

1. noon

Declension

Declension of пладне

	singular
indefinite	пладне
definite unspecified	пладнето
definite proximal	пладнево
definite distal	пладнено
vocative	пладне

See also

• (times of day) време од денот (vreme od denot); зора (zora), утро (utro), претпладне (pretpladne), пладне (pladne), попладне (popladne), вечер (večer), ноќ (noḱ), полноќ (polnoḱ)