ботуш

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Romanian botuș, of French origin (compare French botte, bottine). Doublet of бо́та (bóta) (borrowed from Russian).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [boˈtuʃ]
Rhymes: -uʃ
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation^(key): бо‧туш

Noun

боту́ш • (botúš) m

boot (shoe that covers part of the leg)
Synonyms: (dialectal, archaic) сапо́г (sapóg), (historical) че́бот (čébot)

връ́зка за боту́ши ― vrǎ́zka za botúši ― bootlace

Declension

Declension of боту́ш
	singular	plural
indefinite	боту́ш botúš	боту́ши botúši
definite (subject form)	боту́шът botúšǎt	боту́шите botúšite
definite (object form)	боту́ша botúša	боту́шите botúšite
count form	—	боту́ша botúša

Derived terms

ботуша́р m (botušár), ботуша́рка f (botušárka, “boot maker”)
- ботуша́рски (botušárski)

Related terms

бо́та (bóta), боти́на (botína), боти́нка (botínka, “bottine”)
буто́н (butón, “button”)
- буто́нка (butónka, “cleat, football boot”)

References

“ботуш”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
“ботуш”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010