дупка
Bulgarian
Etymology
Diminutive of ду́па (dúpa, “gap, indention”) (mostly obsolete) + -ка (-ka).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈdupkɐ]
Audio: (file)
Noun
ду́пка • (dúpka) f (diminutive ду́пчица)
- hole, pit
- gap, skip
- Synonyms: про́пуск (própusk), пролу́к (prolúk)
- aperture, port, slot (opening where another element is supposed to fit)
- Synonyms: отво́р (otvór), отвъ́рстие (otvǎ́rstie)
- (colloquial) cave, cavity, chasm (usually vertical)
- Synonym: пещера́ (pešterá)
- Те́мната ду́пка ― Témnata dúpka ― Dark Hole (cave in Western Balkan Mountains)
- Ра́йчова ду́пка ― Rájčova dúpka ― Rajchov Hole (cave in Central Balkan Mountains)
- Ха́рамийска дупка ― Háramijska dupka ― Haramija Hole (cave in Western Rhodope Mountains)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | ду́пка dúpka |
ду́пки dúpki |
| definite | ду́пката dúpkata |
ду́пките dúpkite |
Derived terms
Related terms
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 • (dupka) f (plural дупки, diminutive дупче)