дихание

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dyxanьje, verbal noun of Bulgarian дихам (diham), from Proto-Slavic *dyxati (“to breathe”). Loaned into Romanian dihanie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [diˈxaniɛ]

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Noun

диха́ние • (dihánie) n

1. (dated, obsolete) breathing, exhalation
2. (dated) animate one (creature with soul)
3. (poetic) breath (air expelled from the lungs)
4. (poetic) aroma

   Synonym: миризма (mirizma)

   цветята изпълваха стаята със своето дихание

   cvetjata izpǎlvaha stajata sǎs svoeto dihanie

   the flowers filled the room with their aroma

Declension

Declension of диха́ние

	singular	plural
indefinite	диха́ние dihánie	диха́ния dihánija
definite	диха́нието dihánieto	диха́нията dihánijata

Related terms

• дишам (dišam, “to breathe”)
• дихам (diham), дихвам (dihvam)
  • дихна (dihna, “to exhale”)
  • дихтя (dihtja, “to pant, to gasp”)
• духам (duham, “to blow”)
• дух (duh, “spirit, gasp, ghost”)
• дъх (dǎh, “breath, gasp”)

Further reading

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “дихам, дихвам, дихна”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 398

References

• “дихание”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014