пищол

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed via Ottoman Turkish from French or German. Doublet of пистоле́т (pistolét) (a modern French borrowing).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [piʃˈtɔɫ]

Noun

пищо́л • (pištólm

  1. (dated) alternative form of пищо́в (pištóv): pistol

Declension

Declension of пищо́л
singular plural
indefinite пищо́л
pištól
пищо́ли
pištóli
definite
(subject form)
пищо́лът
pištólǎt
пищо́лите
pištólite
definite
(object form)
пищо́ла
pištóla
count form пищо́ла
pištóla

In some dialects:

Declension of пищо́л
singular plural
indefinite пищо́л
pištól
пищо́ли
pištóli
definite
(subject form)
пищо́лят
pištóljat
пищо́лите
pištólite
definite
(object form)
пищо́ля
pištólja
count form пищо́ля
pištólja

Alternative forms

  • пищо́ль (pištólʹ)dialectal
  • писто́л (pistól)formal

Derived terms

  • разпищо́лвам се (razpištólvam se, to unknob onself) (figuratively)

References

  • пищол”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “пищол”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 279