врътка

Bulgarian

Etymology

By surface analysis, въртя́ (vǎrtjá, “to turn”) +‎ -ка (-ka).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvrɤtkɐ]
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Noun

връ́тка • (vrǎ́tka) f

  1. gadget or instrument that is turned
    1. handle (of a door, a tiller, a gear-lever, etc.)
    2. crutch, rocking device
    3. (dialectal) screw
  2. (colloquial) bargain, lucrative deal
    правя врътки ― pravja vrǎtki ― to strike deals

Declension

Declension of връ́тка
singular plural
indefinite връ́тка
vrǎ́tka 		връ́тки
vrǎ́tki
definite връ́тката
vrǎ́tkata 		връ́тките
vrǎ́tkite
vocative form връ́тко
vrǎ́tko 		връ́тки
vrǎ́tki

Derived terms

  • завръ́тка (zavrǎ́tka) (dialectal)
  • навръ́тка (navrǎ́tka) (dialectal)
  • свръ́тка (svrǎ́tka, “person who can't stay still for long”) (colloquial)

References

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