кутия
Bulgarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قوطی (kutu, kutı) (extended with the suffix -ия (-ija)), ultimately from Greek κουτί (koutí).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [koˈtijɐ]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ijɐ
- Syllabification(key): ку‧ти‧я
- Hyphenation(key): ку‧тия
Noun
кути́я • (kutíja) f (diminutive кути́йка)
- box, case (container with a flat base and sides)
- карто́нена кути́я ― kartónena kutíja ― cardboard box
- кибри́тена кути́йка ― kibrítena kutíjka ― matchbox
- по́щенска кути́я ― póštenska kutíja ― mailbox
- че́рна кути́я ― čérna kutíja ― blackbox
- can, tin
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | кути́я kutíja |
кути́и kutíi |
| definite | кути́ята kutíjata |
кути́ите kutíite |
References
- “кутия”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “кутия”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “кутия”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 157