възраст

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɤzrɐst]

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From Proto-Slavic *vъzorstь, a deverbal action noun of възраста́ pf (vǎzrastá), възра́ствам impf (vǎzrástvam, “to grow up, to mature”). Masculine declension reflecting Etymology 2.

въ́зраст • (vǎ́zrast) f or m (relational adjective въ́зрастен)

1. age (duration of being from birth until present)

   Synonyms: връст (vrǎst), (dialectal) по́ра (póra)

   чове́к на въ́зраст ― čovék na vǎ́zrast ― a person of age (who has reached adulthood)

The term is currently a feminine. The masculine gender and declension are archaic.

• расте́ж (rastéž, “growth”)
• расте́не (rasténe, “growing”)
  • изра́стване (izrástvane, “growth process, maturing”)
  • зара́стване (zarástvane, “regrowth, recovory”)
  • нара́стване (narástvane, “increase, bulking”)
  • пора́стване (porástvane, “growing up”)
  • прора́стване (prorástvane, “germination”) (dialectal)
  • сра́стване (srástvane, “amalgamation”)

• “възраст¹”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “възраст”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “възраст”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 204

From Old Church Slavonic въздрастъ (vŭzdrastŭ) (Proto-Slavic *vъzorstъ), a resultant noun of възраста́ pf (vǎzrastá), възра́ствам impf (vǎzrástvam, “to grow up, to mature”).

въ́зраст • (vǎ́zrast) m (relational adjective въ́зрастов)

1. (archaic) height

   Synonym: ръст (rǎst)

• “възраст²”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• въздрастъ in Исторически речник на Българския език, Sofia Univeristy "St. Clement Ohridsky"