нирец
Bulgarian
Катерене по скален нирец
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *nyra (“crack”) + -ец (-ec). Akin to Russian ны́ра (nýra, “dent, track”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈnirɛt͡s]
Noun
ни́рец • (nírec) m
- (dialectal) crack, crevice, dent (in a rock, cliff, cave, stone wall)
- Synonyms: про́цеп (prócep), пукнатина́ (puknatiná), ду́пка (dúpka), зъ́бел (zǎ́bel)
- (by extension) small fault, fissure (on the ground)
- Synonyms: разло́м (razlóm), пазина́ (paziná)
Declension
Declension of ни́рец
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | ни́рец nírec | ни́рци nírci |
| definite (subject form) | ни́рецът nírecǎt | ни́рците nírcite |
| definite (object form) | ни́реца níreca | |
| count form | — | ни́реца níreca |
Related terms
- ни́рище (nírište) (augmentative)
- поно́р (ponór, “swallow hole”)
References
- нирец in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
- Nayden Gerov (1899), “ныре́ць”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 285
Etymology 2
Двойка големи нирци
Среден нирец (самка)
From Proto-Slavic *nyrьcь, *nyrikъ, *nyrъkъ (“diver”). Cognate with Russian ныре́ц (nyréc, “diver”), ныро́к (nyrók, “diving duck, pochard”), Ukrainian нуре́ць (nurécʹ), пронуро́к (pronurók, “dipper (bird)”), Polish nurzyk (“guillemot”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [niˈrɛt͡s]
Noun
нире́ц • (niréc) m (feminine ни́рка)
- (literally) diver, dabber
- Synonyms: гмуре́ц (gmuréc), пота́пник (potápnik)
- goosander, merganser, sawbill (diving sea duck of genus Mergus)
Declension
Declension of нире́ц
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | нире́ц niréc | нирци́ nircí |
| definite (subject form) | нире́цът nirécǎt | нирци́те nircíte |
| definite (object form) | нире́ца niréca | |
| count form | — | нире́ца niréca |
| vocative form | нире́цо niréco | нирци́ nircí |
Hyponyms
- голя́м нире́ц (goljám niréc, “great merganser, Mergus merganser”)
- сре́ден нире́ц (sréden niréc, “middle merganser, Mergus serrator”)
- ма́лък нире́ц (málǎk niréc, “small merganser, Mergus cucullatus”) (also called америка́нски нире́ц (amerikánski niréc))
Related terms
- костену́рка (kostenúrka, “turtle”) (literally: bone-shelled diver)
See also
- гмуре́ц (gmuréc, “grebe”) (neoavian diving bird, similar to goosanders)
- гмурка́ч (gmurkáč, “loob”) (neoavian diving bird, similar to goosanders)