бъбрек
Bulgarian
Alternative forms
- бъ́брег (bǎ́breg) – archaic
Etymology
Attested as Middle Bulgarian боубрегъ (bubregŭ), боубрѣгъ (bubrěgŭ) in late Church Slavonic texts. Either borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بوبرك (böbrek) or less likely of Oghur[1] origin, in view of the voiced reflex of proto-Turkic *-ek, which is even more common in Macedonian бубрег (bubreg), Serbo-Croatian бу̀брег, Slovene bȗbreg (dialectal).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbɤbrɛk]
Noun
бъ́брек • (bǎ́brek) m (related adjective бъ́бречен)
- kidney
Declension
Declension of бъ́брек
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | бъ́брек bǎ́brek | бъ́бреци bǎ́breci |
| definite (subject form) | бъ́брекът bǎ́brekǎt | бъ́бреците bǎ́brecite |
| definite (object form) | бъ́брека bǎ́breka | |
| count form | — | бъ́брека bǎ́breka |
References
- бъбрек in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
- бъбрек in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)
- Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “бъбрек”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 96
Notes:
- Dybo, Anna (2014), “Early contacts of Turks and problems of Proto-Turkic reconstruction”, in Tatarica, volume 2, page 14