завирушка

Bulgarian

Etymology

за́вря pf (závrja, to tumult, to wail) (dialectal, obsolescent) +‎ -ушка (-uška) (from Proto-Slavic *vьrati (to lament, to groan))

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [zɐviˈruʃkɐ]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

завиру́шка • (zavirúškaf

  1. (literally) female wailer
    Synonym: врънка́чка (vrǎnkáčka)
  2. accentor, hedge warbler (passerine bird of genus Prunella)

Declension

Declension of завиру́шка
singular plural
indefinite завиру́шка
zavirúška
завиру́шки
zavirúški
definite завиру́шката
zavirúškata
завиру́шките
zavirúškite
vocative form завиру́шко
zavirúško
завиру́шки
zavirúški

Alternative forms

  • завру́шка (zavrúška)colloquial

Hyponyms

  • белогу́ша завиру́шка (belogúša zavirúška, Radde's accentor, Prunella ocularis) (literally: white-necked accentor)
  • пърстогу́ша завиру́шка (pǎrstogúša zavirúška, alpine accentor, Prunella collaris) (literally: motley-necked accentor)
  • сивогу́ша завиру́шка (sivogúša zavirúška, dunnock, Prunella modularis) (literally: grey-necked accentor)
  • све́тла завиру́шка (svétla zavirúška, brown accentor, Prunella fulvescens)
  • черевеноши́йкова завиру́шка (čerevenošíjkova zavirúška, robin accentor, Prunella rubeculoides)
  • връ́нкам (vrǎ́nkam, to wail, to lament)
  • вря́ва (vrjáva, verbal fight, scaffle)
  • вра́чка (vráčka, fortune teller)

References

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

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [zəvʲɪˈruʂkə]

Noun

завиру́шка • (zavirúškaf anim (genitive завиру́шки, nominative plural завиру́шки, genitive plural завиру́шек)

  1. accentor (bird of the Prunella genus)
  2. diminutive of завиру́ха (zavirúxa)

Declension