въртоп
Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *vьrtъpъ, cognate with Serbo-Croatian вртоп, Slovene vrtȅp, Russian верте́п (vertép, “cave”). Attested with the meaning cave, garden in Old Church Slavonic врьтъпъ (vrĭtŭpŭ). Loaned into Romanian Vârtop (toponym).
According to Georgiev (BER), probably an ancient compound word from Bulgarian въртя (vǎrtja, “to rotate”) + the descendant of Proto-Balto-Slavic *upas (“water”) (cf. Lithuanian ùpė (“river”), Latvian upe (“spring, water”)). This etymology however fails to explain the additional meanings garden, cave attested in Church Slavonic and in other Slavic languages.
Noun
върто̀п • (vǎrtòp) m
- whirlpool
- Synonym: водовъртеж (vodovǎrtež)
- (dialectal) narrow turn (landscape formation)
Inflection
Inflection of въртоп
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | въртоп | въртопи |
| definite (subject form) | въртопът | въртопите |
| definite (object form) | въртопа | |
| count form | — | въртопа |
| vocative form | въртопе | въртопи |
Related terms
- въртя (vǎrtja, “to rotate, to turn around”)
- врът (vrǎt, “fruit garden”) (dialectal)
- врат (vrat, “neck”)
- врата (vrata, “door”)
References
- въртоп in Речник на българския език
- Georgiev Vl. I., editor (1971), “въртоп”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 212