ботур
Bulgarian
Ботур на кълн аспержа
Цвете ботурче (Cyclamen purpurascens subsp. purpurascens (syn. Cyclamen europaeum)
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *bъturь, *boturь (“plant stem, sprout”), an alternative form of *bъtyrь, *bъtarь whence dialectal Russian бата́рь (batárʹ, “weed”). Morphologically formed as боте́я (botéja, “to grow, to flourish”) (dialectal) + -ур (-ur). Further cognate with arch. Bulgarian бът (bǎt, “specter, bat”), бот (bot, “wooden hammer”), dialectal Russian боту́н (botún, “altai onion”).
For the semantic development, compare the akin Proto-Germanic *baumaz (“shoot, sprout”) → English beam.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbɔtʊr]
Noun
бо́тур • (bótur) m (diminutive бо́турче)
- (originally) young plant stem or shoot (before stiffening) → spur, sprig, tree bough
- Synonyms: кълн (kǎln), (poetic) гран (gran), (dialectal) буда́к (budák)
- Antonym: хвой (hvoj, “stiffen plant stem”)
- (dialectal) grass or weed stalk
- (by semantic widening) trunk, bole, tree stock
- Synonyms: пън (pǎn), ствол (stvol)
- (dialectal) sowbread (flower of gen. Cyclamen)
- (derogatory) bore, dullhead (boring, dull person)
- Synonym: дръвни́к (drǎvník)
Declension
Declension of бо́тур
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | бо́тур bótur | бо́тури bóturi |
| definite (subject form) | бо́турът bóturǎt | бо́турите bóturite |
| definite (object form) | бо́тура bótura | |
| count form | — | бо́тура bótura |
Alternative forms
- бо́тор (bótor) – dialectal
Related terms
- бъ́тво (bǎ́tvo, “plant stem”) (dialectal)
- буя́ pf (bujá), буя́я impf (bujája, “to grow rapidly, to go beserk”)
- буте́я (butéja, “to flourish, to grow rapidly”)
- бу́рен (búren, “weed”)
- бу́на (búna, “uprising, rebellion”) (dialectal)
References
- ботур in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
- Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “ботур”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 70
- Nayden Gerov; Тодор Панчев (1908), “бо́туръ”, in Допълнение на българския рѣчникъ [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 6, Plovdiv: Печатница "Трудъ" на Петко Бѣловѣждовъ, page 32