дупка

Bulgarian

Etymology

Diminutive of ду́па (dúpa, gap, indention) (mostly obsolete) +‎ -ка (-ka).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdupkɐ]
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Noun

ду́пка • (dúpkaf (diminutive ду́пчица)

  1. hole, pit
    Synonyms: я́ма (jáma), трап (trap)
  2. gap, skip
    Synonyms: про́пуск (própusk), пролу́к (prolúk)
  3. aperture, port, slot (opening where another element is supposed to fit)
    Synonyms: отво́р (otvór), отвъ́рстие (otvǎ́rstie)
  4. (colloquial) cave, cavity, chasm (usually vertical)
    Synonym: пещера́ (pešterá)
    Те́мната ду́пкаTémnata dúpkaDark Hole (cave in Western Balkan Mountains)
    Ра́йчова ду́пкаRájčova dúpkaRajchov Hole (cave in Central Balkan Mountains)
    Ха́рамийска дупкаHáramijska dupkaHaramija Hole (cave in Western Rhodope Mountains)

Declension

Declension of ду́пка
singular plural
indefinite ду́пка
dúpka
ду́пки
dúpki
definite ду́пката
dúpkata
ду́пките
dúpkite

Derived terms

  • ду́пе (dúpe, asshole)
  • дупина́ (dupiná, aperture) (obsolete)
  • дъ́но (dǎ́no, bottom)

References

  • дупка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • дупка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • дупка in Терминология на карста и спелеологията в България (1976)

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dupa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdupka]

Noun

дупка • (dupkaf (plural дупки, diminutive дупче)

  1. hole, cavity, gap
  2. (slang) a person with no knowledge or skills (in a particular domain)

Declension

Declension of дупка
singular plural
indefinite дупка (dupka) дупки (dupki)
definite unspecified дупката (dupkata) дупките (dupkite)
definite proximal дупкава (dupkava) дупкиве (dupkive)
definite distal дупкана (dupkana) дупкине (dupkine)
vocative дупко (dupko) дупки (dupki)