пирг
Bulgarian
Etymology
Of Paleo-Balkan or Paleo-Anatolian origin via Ancient Greek πῠ́ργος (púrgos, “watchtower”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pirk]
Noun
пирг • (pirg) m
- (dialectal) tower, pillar
- Synonyms: ку́ла (kúla), стълп (stǎlp)
- (dialectal) small fortress
- Synonyms: ка́ле (kále) (dated), за́мък (zámǎk), укрепле́ние (ukreplénie)
Declension
Declension of пирг
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | пирг pirg | пи́ргове pírgove |
| definite (subject form) | пи́ргът pírgǎt | пи́рговете pírgovete |
| definite (object form) | пи́рга pírga | |
| count form | — | пи́рга pírga |
Derived terms
- Бурга́с (Burgás, “Bourgas”) (historically known as Πύργος as per Byzantine author Manuel Philes)
References
- пирг in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
- пирг in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)
- Gerov, Najden (1895) , “пи́ргъ, пи́ргове”, in Rěčnik na blǎgarskyj jazyk [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 4, Plovdiv: Družestvena pečatnica “Sǎglasie”, page 33