No. 895 in Bulgarian

су

The Bulgarian word "су" is an abbreviation for "средно училище," meaning "secondary school" in English.

In a sentence

Су това дърво има гнездо на птици.
Under this tree, there is a bird's nest.
Here, 'су' is a poetic or dialectic abbreviation of 'със', meaning 'with' or 'near' in certain Bulgarian dialects.
Су водата проблясваше лунния светеж.
The lunar glow glimmered on the water.
'Су' functions as a descriptive preposition, akin to 'on' or 'over', used poetically or dialectically.
Източникът на звука беше намирал се су тази скала.
The source of the sound was located near this rock.
'Су' here serves as an old literary preposition meaning 'around' or 'near', used in traditional or stylistic language forms.

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