костенурка
Bulgarian
Etymology
By surface analysis, ко́стен (kósten, “bony”) + -урка (-urka).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kostɛˈnurkɐ]
Audio: (file)
Noun
костену́рка • (kostenúrka) f (diminutive костену́рче)
- turtle, tortoise (reptile of order Testudines)
- Synonyms: (dialectal) же́лва (žélva), (dialectal) костену́ша (kostenúša)
Usage notes
Bulgarian makes no distinction between terrestrial or aquatic Testudines. If specification is needed, it is made explicitly:
- во́дна костену́рка (vódna kostenúrka, “aquatic turtle”)
- сухозе́мна костену́рка (suhozémna kostenúrka, “terrestrial turtle”)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | костену́рка kostenúrka |
костену́рки kostenúrki |
| definite | костену́рката kostenúrkata |
костену́рките kostenúrkite |
| vocative form | костену́рке kostenúrke |
костену́рки kostenúrki |
Derived terms
adjectives
- костенурков (kostenurkov)
- костенурски (kostenurski)
Related terms
See also
- нуре́ц (nuréc, “diver”) (etymologically unrelated)
References
- “костенурка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “костенурка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Nayden Gerov (1897) “костѧну́рка”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language][1] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 402