късно

Bulgarian

Etymology

from Old Church Slavonic късно (kŭsno) adverb from късьнъ (kŭsĭnŭ); compare the verb оукъснѣти (ukŭsněti, “to be late”) and the noun закъснѣние (zakŭsněnie, “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.[1] Possible cognates include Serbo-Croatian kasno (“late”), Russian косный (kosnyj, “inert, lifeless”), Lithuanian kušlas (“weak, tired”), Latvian kusu (“tired”).

Adverb

къ́сно • (kǎ́sno)

  1. late
    работя до късно през нощта — work late into the night

References
  1. Georgiev Vl. I., editor (1986), “късно”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume III, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 229
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