пищял

Bulgarian

Etymology

By surface analysis, пищя́ (pištjá, to squeak, to scream) +‎ -ял (-jal)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [piʃˈtʲa̟ɫ]
  • Rhymes: -aɫ

Noun

пищя́л • (pištjálm (diminutive пищя́лка)

  1. (obsolete) pipe, flute
  2. (by metaphor) shin
    1. generally: crus, tarsus (lower part of the leg, between the knee and the ankle)
    2. specifically: shankbone (tibia and fibula) (bones that form the lower leg)

Declension

Declension of пищя́л
singular plural
indefinite пищя́л
pištjál
пищя́ли
pištjáli
definite
(subject form)
пищя́лът
pištjálǎt
пищя́лите
pištjálite
definite
(object form)
пищя́ла
pištjála
count form пищя́ла
pištjála

References

  • пищял”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • пищял”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “пищял”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 281