сък
Bulgarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [sɤk]
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *sǫkъ.
Noun
съ́к • (sǎ́k) m (diminutive съ́чка or съ́чица) (dated)
- twig, bough (wooden part of a branch)
- Synonym: (obsolete) хуй (huj)
- (by extension) splinter, stick, wooden rod (when cut out)
- (dialectal) knot, snag, knob
Usage notes
The modern language more commonly use the diminutives съ́чка (sǎ́čka), съ́чица (sǎ́čica). Сък is typically formal, with slight nuance of augmentation.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | сък sǎk |
съ́кове sǎ́kove |
| definite (subject form) |
съ́кът sǎ́kǎt |
съ́ковете sǎ́kovete |
| definite (object form) |
съ́ка sǎ́ka | |
| count form | — | съ́ка sǎ́ka |
Alternative forms
- су́к (súk) — Western Moesian dialects
- сънк (sǎnk) — Rupian dialects
Derived terms
- съ́кил (sǎ́kil), съ́кел (sǎ́kel, “spike, splinter”) (dialectal)
- съкли́в (sǎklív), съкови́т (sǎkovít, “spiky, thorny, with sharp twigs”)
References
- “сък”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “сък”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “сък²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 660
Etymology 2
Onomatopoeic.
Noun
съ́к • (sǎ́k) m
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | сък sǎk |
съ́кове sǎ́kove |
| definite (subject form) |
съ́кът sǎ́kǎt |
съ́ковете sǎ́kovete |
| definite (object form) |
съ́ка sǎ́ka | |
| count form | — | съ́ка sǎ́ka |
Derived terms
- съ́кам (sǎ́kam), сю́кам (sjúkam, “to hiss”)
References
- Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “сък¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 660
Anagrams
- къс (kǎs)