свян

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *svěnъ (“exterior, outside”), possibly reflecting the PIE morpheme found in Latin sē- (“off, apart”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [svʲa̟n]

Noun

свян • (svjan) m

1. shyness, bashfulness
2. shame, feeling of embarrassment

   без свян ― bez svjan ― without shame

Declension

Declension of свян

	singular
indefinite	свян svjan
definite (subject form)	свя́нът svjánǎt
definite (object form)	свя́на svjána

Related terms

• свеня́ се (svenjá se, “to be embarrassed, ashamed”)
• свенли́в (svenlív, “bashful”)
• осве́н (osvén, “except, besides”) (preposition)

References

• “свян”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “свян”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1904) “свѣнъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 140
• Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “свян”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 566