преперец
Bulgarian
Кафяв преперец
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *perperьcь, akin to Proto-Slavic *perti (“to beat, to trample”) or to Proto-Slavic *pьrati (“to propel, to fly”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈprɛpɛrɛt͡s]
Noun
пре́перец • (préperec) m (feminine пре́перица or препери́ца)
- (dialectal) small game bird of family Perdicinae (particularly quail, spurfowl, and other related)
- Synonym: пъдпъдъ́к (pǎdpǎdǎ́k) (partially)
Alternative forms
- пре́пелек m (prépelek), пре́пелец m (prépelec); препе́лка f (prepélka), пре́пелица f (prépelica)
Declension
Declension of ку́рка
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | ку́рка kúrka | ку́рки kúrki |
| definite | ку́рката kúrkata | ку́рките kúrkite |
| vocative form | ку́рке kúrke | ку́рки kúrki |
Related terms
- пърпо́ря (pǎrpórja, “to flutter, to flap”)
- перпеля́ (perpeljá), перпе́ркам (perpérkam, “to flap wings”) (dialectal)
- пе́рка (pérka, “fin”)
- перо́ (peró, “feather”)
- пря́порец (prjáporec, “banner”) (dialectal)
References
- преперец in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
- Duridanov I., Račeva M., Todorov T., editors (1996) , “преперица”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 661