пирон
Bulgarian
Etymology
Reshaped/reanalyzed variant of Ancient Greek περόνη (perónē, “pin, rivelt”) (modern Greek πιρούνι (piroúni)). Loaned also in Romanian piron (“big nail”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [piˈrɔn]
- Rhymes: -ɔn
Noun
пиро́н • (pirón) m (diminutive пиро́нче)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | пиро́н pirón |
пиро́ни piróni |
| definite (subject form) |
пиро́нът pirónǎt |
пиро́ните pirónite |
| definite (object form) |
пиро́на piróna | |
| count form | — | пиро́на piróna |
Alternative forms
- пиро́нь (pirónʹ), перо́нь (perónʹ) — dialectal
See also
- пи́рам (píram, “to fasten, detain”) (native verb, possibly cognate to the Greek lemma)
- пира́т (pirát, “fastener, lock-bar”) (dialectal)
References
- “пирон”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “пирон”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1901) “пиро́нъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language][1] (in Bulgarian), volume 4, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 33
- Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “пирон”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 255