мокрица

Bulgarian

Etymology

мо́кър (mókǎr, wet, damp) +‎ -ица (-ica)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [moˈkrit͡sɐ]

Noun

мокри́ца • (mokrícaf

  1. woodlouse, pillbug (small land crustacean of family Armadillidiidae, order Isopoda)
    Synonyms: (dialectal) кола́че (koláče), (colloquial) подка́мениче (podkámeniče)

Usage notes

The pillbug is sometimes confused for an insect, thus, may be called by mistake гъгли́ва буболе́чка (gǎglíva buboléčka, kinky, curly bug) or simply гъгля́к (gǎglják).

Declension

Declension of мокри́ца
singular plural
indefinite мокри́ца
mokríca
мокри́ци
mokríci
definite мокри́цата
mokrícata
мокри́ците
mokrícite
vocative form мокри́це
mokríce
мокри́ци
mokríci

Alternative forms

  • мокре́ц m (mokréc)

References

Russian

Etymology

мо́крый (mókryj, wet) +‎ -и́ца (-íca)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mɐˈkrʲit͡sə]

Noun

мокри́ца • (mokrícaf anim (genitive мокри́цы, nominative plural мокри́цы, genitive plural мокри́ц)

  1. woodlouse, roly-poly, pillbug, sowbug (any species of suborder Oniscidea)
  2. common chickweed (Stellaria media)
    Synonym: звездча́тка сре́дняя (zvezdčátka srédnjaja)

Declension