тлака

Bulgarian

Etymology

Archaic word for voluntary work, inherited from Proto-Slavic *tolka. Cognate with Lithuanian talkà (“unpaid work”), Latvian tàlka (“party of workers”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tɫɐˈka]
  • Hyphenation(key): тла‧ка
  • Rhymes: -ka

Noun

тлака́ • (tlaká) f

  1. (dated) voluntary work, assistance (for friends, relatives)
  2. (dated) working brigade assisting in the harvest (in pre-Industrial times)

Declension

Declension of тлака́
singular plural
indefinite тлака́
tlaká 		тлаки́
tlakí
definite тлака́та
tlakáta 		тлаки́те
tlakíte

Derived terms

  • тлаку́вам (tlakúvam, “to work in a brigade”)

References

  • “тлака”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014

Anagrams

  • лакта (lakta)
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