катур
Bulgarian
Etymology
By surface analysis, кат (kat, “span, turn”) + -ур (-ur).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkator]
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Noun
ка́тур • (kátur) m (dialectal)
- turnaround (place where one can do a U-turn)
- Synonym: обръща́ло (obrǎštálo)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | ка́тур kátur |
ка́тури káturi |
| definite (subject form) |
ка́турът káturǎt |
ка́турите káturite |
| definite (object form) |
ка́тура kátura | |
| count form | — | ка́тура kátura |
Derived terms
- кату́ря impf (katúrja), кату́рвам impf (katúrvam), кату́рна pf (katúrna, “to turn over”)
References
- “катур”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “катур”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 278