сопол
Bulgarian
Etymology
Several hypotheses have been proposed:
- From со́пам се (sópam se, “to snap”) + -ол (-ol);
- From Proto-Indo-European *sap- (“mucus”), whence Latin sapa (“wine must”);
- From the root of си́пвам (sípvam, “to pour”), сип (sip, “embankment”), пря́спа (prjáspa, “snow drift”) (per Mladenov).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [soˈpɔɫ]
Noun
сопо́л • (sopól) m
- snot, booger
- (derogatory) slovenly person
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | сопо́л sopól |
сопо́ли sopóli |
| definite (subject form) |
сопо́лът sopólǎt |
сопо́лите sopólite |
| definite (object form) |
сопо́ла sopóla | |
| count form | — | сопо́ла sopóla |
Alternative forms
- со́пъл (sópǎl), сопу́л (sopúl) — dialectal, with suffixes -ъл (-ǎl), -ул (-ul)
Derived terms
- сопо́ля се (sopólja se) (causative-iterative)
- сопола́н m (sopolán), сопола́на f (sopolána, “bratty person, rascal”) (slang)
- сополи́в (sopolív, “snotty”)
- сополи́вя се (sopolívja se, “to have snot”)
Related terms
- со́повец (sópovec, “nostril”) (dialectal, colloquial)
References
- “сопол”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “сопол”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1904) “сопо́лъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language][1] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 220
- Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “сопол”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 332