бухер

Bulgarian

Etymology

Technically reflecting Proto-Slavic *buxyrъ, probably with original meaning bulged, bloated creature. If correct, then derived from бу́хвам (búhvam, “to bulge, to bloat, to tumefy”) +‎ -ер (-er).

Alternatively, modified from dialectal Bulgarian бу́га (búga, “bull”) (of Turkic origin) + -ер (-er) due to the horn-like eye tentacles of snails. Compare the folk epithets ро́глец (róglec), ро́жковец (róžkovec, “gastropod”) from Bulgarian рог (rog, “horn”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbuxɛr]
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Noun

бу́хер • (búher) m (diminutive бо́хльо)

  1. (dialectal) gastropod
    Synonyms: (dialectal) пи́жек (pížek), (dialectal) пасо́к (pasók), (archaic) слима́к (slimák)
    зъ́мски бу́хер ― zǎ́mski búher ― slug (literally, “serpentine gastropod)”)
    черу́пест бу́хер ― čerúpest búher ― snail (literally, “shelled gastropod)”)
  2. (by specification) snail
    Synonym: о́хлюв (óhljuv)

Declension

Declension of бу́хер
singular plural
indefinite бу́хер
búher 		бу́хери
búheri
definite
(subject form) 		бу́херът
búherǎt 		бу́херите
búherite
definite
(object form) 		бу́хера
búhera
vocative form бу́хере
búhere 		бу́хери
búheri

Alternative forms

  • бу́хир (búhir)
  • бу́ер (búer) — colloquial pronunciation, with silent medial -х-

Derived terms

  • о́хльо-бо́хльо (óhljo-bóhljo) (alias for gastropods in children's tales)
  • бу́хав (búhav, “swollen, bulged; rippen (for fruits)”)
  • бухти́ца (buhtíca, “bindweed”) (dialectal)
  • набу́хвател (nabúhvatel, “leaven (for dough)”)
  • търбу́х (tǎrbúh, “rumen, belly”) (< *trь- (“tri-”) + *buxъ (“bulge”))

References

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