жерка
Bulgarian
Etymology
From an earlier *жернка (*žernka), a diminutive form of Proto-Slavic *žьrny (“millstone”) + -ка (-ka).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʒerkə]
Noun
же́рка • (žérka) f
- (archaic, dialectal) millstone
- (by specification) gizzard, gastric mill (part of the digestive tract of birds and other archosaurs)
Alternative forms
- дже́рка (džérka)
Declension
Declension of же́рка
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | же́рка žérka | же́рки žérki |
| definite | же́рката žérkata | же́рките žérkite |
References
- жерка in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
- жерка in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)
- Georgiev Vl. I., editor (1971), “жерка”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 537