парцал

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پرتل (partal, worn-out cloth), a -lı derivative of Classical Persian پارچه (pārča, piece, part). Displaced Bulgarian пъртищ (pǎrtišt), which is cognate with the Persian lemma.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aɫ

Noun

парца́л • (parcálm

  1. tatter, rag, clout

Declension

Declension of парца́л
singular plural
indefinite парца́л
parcál
парца́ли
parcáli
definite
(subject form)
парца́лът
parcálǎt
парца́лите
parcálite
definite
(object form)
парца́ла
parcála
count form парца́ла
parcála

Alternative forms

References

  • парцал”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • парцал”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “парцал”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 76