поговорка
Bulgarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [poɡoˈvɔrkə]
Noun
погово́рка • (pogovórka) f
- saying, proverb
Declension
Declension of погово́рка
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | погово́рка pogovórka | погово́рки pogovórki |
| definite | погово́рката pogovórkata | погово́рките pogovórkite |
Macedonian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pɔˈɡɔvɔrka]
Noun
поговорка • (pogovorka) f
- proverb
Declension
Declension of поговорка
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | поговорка | поговорки |
| definite unspecified | поговорката | поговорките |
| definite proximal | поговоркава | поговоркиве |
| definite distal | поговоркана | поговоркине |
| vocative | поговорке | поговорки |
Russian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pəɡɐˈvorkə]
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Noun
погово́рка • (pogovórka) f inan (genitive погово́рки, nominative plural погово́рки, genitive plural погово́рок)
- saying, proverb, byword (concise, descriptive folk phrase)
Usage notes
The Russian terms погово́рка (pogovórka) and посло́вица (poslóvica) both translate to proverb or saying in English, but have subtly different usage in Russian:
- погово́рка (pogovórka) is a concise descriptive phrase, usually not forming a complete sentence, which may hint at a lesson but does not state it explicitly; e.g. во́ду в сту́пе толо́чь (vódu v stúpe tolóčʹ, “to plough the sand, to waste one's time”, literally “to grind water in a mortar”).
- посло́вица (poslóvica) is a complete sentence communicating an explicit lesson or an important truth; e.g. во́ду вари́ть — вода́ и бу́дет (vódu varítʹ — vodá i búdet, “if you waste your time, you will achieve nothing”, literally “if you boil water [with nothing in it], you will get water”).
Declension
Declension of погово́рка (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | погово́рка pogovórka | погово́рки pogovórki |
| genitive | погово́рки pogovórki | погово́рок pogovórok |
| dative | погово́рке pogovórke | погово́ркам pogovórkam |
| accusative | погово́рку pogovórku | погово́рки pogovórki |
| instrumental | погово́ркой, погово́ркою pogovórkoj, pogovórkoju | погово́рками pogovórkami |
| prepositional | погово́рке pogovórke | погово́рках pogovórkax |
Coordinate terms
- посло́вица (poslóvica)
- крыла́тое выраже́ние (krylátoje vyražénije)
Related terms
- погова́ривать (pogovárivatʹ)
- поговорочный (pogovoročnyj)
- поговорочка (pogovoročka)
See also
- выраже́ние (vyražénije)