мара
/[ˈmarɐ] | [mɐˈra] | [ˈmarɐ]/
Bulgariannoun
Definitions
- 1.ritual commemorating Death and Mortality
Мара Лишанка
Mara Lišanka — Bulgarian Day of the Dead
- 2.death spirit, spectre
- 3.datedloss of vitality, seizure, blackout
- 4.dialectalnightmare
- 5.dialectalhallucination, delirium, confusion
Synonyms & related words
Word family
- мари́на
- мари́ца
- ма́рен
- ма́ров
- ома́ра
Related words (2)
- смърт
- мараня́
Etymology
Deverbal from ма́ря (márja, “to worry, to stress over”), related to мор (mor, “plague”), умо́ра (umóra, “fatigue”).
Forms
- ма́раcanonical • feminine
- máraromanization
- ма́раindefinite • singular
- ма́ратаdefinite • singular
- мара́canonical • feminine
- maráromanization
- мара́indefinite • singular
- мари́indefinite • plural
- мара́таdefinite • singular
- мари́теdefinite • plural