момък
Bulgarian
Etymology
By surface analysis, мома́ (momá, “maiden”) + -ък (-ǎk).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmɔmɐk]
Noun
мо́мък • (mómǎk) m (feminine мома́)
- young man, youth, lad, swain
- unmarried man, bachelor
- Synonym: ерген (ergen)
- (dialectal) male mate, assistant, servant
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | мо́мък mómǎk |
момци́ momcí |
| definite (subject form) |
мо́мъкът mómǎkǎt |
момци́те momcíte |
| definite (object form) |
мо́мъка mómǎka | |
| count form | — | мо́мъка mómǎka |
| vocative form | мо́мко mómko |
момци́ momcí |
Alternative forms
Derived terms
personal names
- Мо́мо (Mómo)
- Момчи́л (Momčíl)
adjectives
- мо́мков (mómkov)
References
- “момък”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “момък”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Nayden Gerov (1899) “момъкъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language][1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 80
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “момък”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 230