всуе

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic въсоуѥ (vŭsuje), from Proto-Slavic *sujь (futile).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfsuɛ]
  • (file)

Adverb

всу́е • (vsúe) (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete, poetic) in vain
    Synonyms: напра́зно (naprázno), напу́сто (napústo)
  2. (by extension) without reason
    Synonyms: безпричи́нно (bezpričínno), безоснова́телно (bezosnovátelno)

Alternative forms

  • суе́ (sué)
  • суе- (sue-, futile)
  • суета́ (suetá, vanity)
  • суема (suema, anxiety) (obsolete, dated)

References

  • всуе”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • всуе”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • въсоуѥ in Исторически речник на българския език, Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “всуе”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 196
  • Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “суе”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 555

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfsuje]
  • IPA(key): [ˈfsuɪ]
  • (file)

Adverb

всу́е • (vsúje)

  1. (archaic or literary) in vain
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