боровинка
Bulgarian
Etymology
From бо́ров (bórov, “pine (adj.)”) + -инка (-inka, feminine suffix). Compare Czech borůvka, Polish borówka, and Serbo-Croatian боровница for similar derivations.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [boroˈviŋkɐ]
Audio: (file)
Noun
борови́нка • (borovínka) f (relational adjective борови́нков)
- blueberry bush (bush of genus Vaccinium)
- blueberry fruit (black or reddish acidic berry used for food, for making drinks, in medicine)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | борови́нка borovínka |
борови́нки borovínki |
| definite | борови́нката borovínkata |
борови́нките borovínkite |
References
- “боровинка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “боровинка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бор; боровинка”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 67
Macedonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *borovъka.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [bɔˈrɔviŋka]
Audio: (file)
Noun
боровинка • (borovinka) f
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | боровинка (borovinka) | боровинки (borovinki) |
| definite unspecified | боровинката (borovinkata) | боровинките (borovinkite) |
| definite proximal | боровинкава (borovinkava) | боровинкиве (borovinkive) |
| definite distal | боровинкана (borovinkana) | боровинкине (borovinkine) |
| vocative | боровинке (borovinke) | боровинки (borovinki) |