аждер
Bulgarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اژدر (ajder, ejder), from Persian اژدر (aždar). Cognate to Turkish ejder, Serbo-Croatian аждаја.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɐʒˈdɛr]
- Hyphenation(key): аж‧дер
Noun
ажде́р • (aždér) m
- serpent, dragon (mythical creature with a snake-shaped body)
- (figurative) strapping young man
- Synonym: юна́к (junák)
- (figurative) lightning-fast horse
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
indefinite | ажде́р aždér |
ажде́ри aždéri |
definite (subject form) |
ажде́рът aždérǎt |
ажде́рите aždérite |
definite (object form) |
ажде́ра aždéra | |
count form | — | ажде́ра aždéra |
References
- “аждер”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “аждер”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “ажде́р”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 5
- “аждер”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 20
Macedonian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اژدر (ajder, ejder), from Persian اژدر (aždar). Cognate to Turkish ejder, Serbo-Croatian аждаја.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈaʒdɛr]
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: аж‧дер
Noun
а́ждер • (ážder) m (plural а́ждери)
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
indefinite | аждер (ažder) | аждери (ažderi) |
definite unspecified | аждерот (ažderot) | аждерите (ažderite) |
definite proximal | аждеров (ažderov) | аждериве (ažderive) |
definite distal | аждерон (ažderon) | аждерине (ažderine) |
vocative | аждеру (ažderu) | аждери (ažderi) |
count form | — | аждера (aždera) |
Further reading
- “аждер” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu
- Belčev, Tole (2016) “аждер”, in Речник на турцизми, архаизми, дијалектизми и ретко употребувани зборови во македонскиот јазик [Dictionary of Turkisms, Archaisms, Dialectisms and Rarely Used Words in the Macedonian Language][1] (in Macedonian), Štip: UGD, →ISBN, page 15