късно
/[ˈkɤsno]/
Bulgarianadvadj
Grammatical form
късно is the indefinite neuter singular form of къ́сен — “late”.
Definitions
- 1.late
ра́ботя до къ́сно през нощта́
rábotja do kǎ́sno prez nošttá — work late into the night
Etymology
From Old Church Slavonic късьно (kŭsĭno), adverb from късьнъ (kŭsĭnŭ); compare the verb оукъснѣти (ukŭsněti, “to be late”) and the noun закъснѣние (zakŭsněnije, “laziness”). късно (kǎsno) and the adjective късен (kǎsen) are compounds from the preposition къ (k, “to”) and the dative of сън (sǎn, “dream, sleep”). It was originally used to indicate someone who comes too late because he/she failed to wake on time. Possible cognates include Serbo-Croatian kasno (“late”), Russian ко́сный (kósnyj, “inert, lifeless”), Lithuanian kušlas (“weak, tired”), Latvian kusu (“tired”).
Forms
- къ́сноcanonical
- kǎ́snoromanization
- по́-къ́сноcomparative
- на́й-къ́сноsuperlative