къч
Bulgarian
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Къч на кон
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish [Term?] (whence modern Turkish kıç (“back, butt”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kɤt͡ʃ]
Noun
къч • (kǎč) m
- (colloquial) haunch, croupe (rear body part) of an equine or another tetrapod
- (by extension) flying ("horse") kick
- Hypernym: ритни́к (ritník)
- хвъ́рлямкъч ― hvǎ́rljam kǎč ― (for equines) to kick with the back legs
Declension
Declension of къч
singular | plural | |
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indefinite | къч kǎč | къ́чове kǎ́čove |
definite (subject form) | къ́чът kǎ́čǎt | къ́човете kǎ́čovete |
definite (object form) | къ́ча kǎ́ča | |
count form | — | къ́ча kǎ́ča |
References
- къч in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
- къч in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)
- Georgiev V. I., editor (1986), “къч”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 237
- Nayden Gerov (1897), “*кѫчь”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 447