корист
/[ˈkɔrist]/
Bulgariannoun
Definitions
- 1.interest, profit, gain, benefit
- 2.self-interest, bias towards oneself, subjectivity
Synonyms & related words
Word family
- кори́стник
- користолю́бие
Synonyms
- обла́га
- печа́лба
- изго́да
- пристра́стие
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *koristь, originally meaning loot, award (from a conquest). Compare Old Church Slavonic користь (koristĭ, “loot, booty, award”). Likely a deverbal noun from коря́ (korjá, “to reproach, to objurgate”) + -ист (-ist). Alternatively, may reflect ко- (ko-, “such that”) + ри́стя (rístja, “to hunt, to chase”) (dialectal) + -ь (-ʹ) (i-stem).
Forms
- ко́ристcanonical • feminine
- kóristromanization
- ко́ристindefinite • singular
- ко́ристиindefinite • plural
- користта́definite • singular
- ко́риститеdefinite • plural