присмехулник
Bulgarian
Etymology
при́смех (prísmeh, “laughter, mockery”) + ху́лник (húlnik, “slander, accusor”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [prismɛˈxuɫnik]
Noun
присмеху́лник • (prismehúlnik) m (feminine присмеху́лница)
- male mocker, scoffer
- (figurative) mocking warbler (Old World songbird of genus Hippolais)
- (figurative) mockingbird (New World songbird of family Mimidae)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | присме́хулник prisméhulnik |
присме́хулници prisméhulnici |
| definite (subject form) |
присме́хулникът prisméhulnikǎt |
присме́хулниците prisméhulnicite |
| definite (object form) |
присме́хулника prisméhulnika | |
| count form | — | присме́хулника prisméhulnika |
| vocative form | присме́хулнико prisméhulniko |
присме́хулници prisméhulnici |
Hyponyms
- бъбри́в присмеху́лник (bǎbrív prismehúlnik, “melodious warbler, Hippolais polyglotta”) (literally: tattling mockingbird)
- гради́нски присмеху́лник (gradínski prismehúlnik, “icterine warbler, Hippolais icterina”) (literally: garden mockingbird)
- пусти́нен присмеху́лник (pustínen prismehúlnik, “Upcher's warbler, Hippolais languida”) (literally: desert mockingbird)
Related terms
References
- “присмехулник”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “присмехулник”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010