военачалник

Bulgarian

Etymology

From вой (voj, “army”) (dated) +‎ -е- (-e-) +‎ нача́лник (načálnik, “conductor, leader”), a calque of Ancient Greek στρατηγός (stratēgós) (or formed in the same logic as it). Compare the Germanic borrowing херцо́г (hercóg, “duke”) from Proto-Germanic *harjatugô (“army commander”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [voɛnɐˈt͡ʃa̟ɫnik]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

военача́лник • (voenačálnik) m

  1. army commander
    Synonyms: воево́да (voevóda), пълково́дец (pǎlkovódec), команди́р (komandír)

Declension

Declension of военача́лник
singular plural
indefinite военача́лник
voenačálnik 		военача́лници
voenačálnici
definite
(subject form) 		военача́лникът
voenačálnikǎt 		военача́лниците
voenačálnicite
definite
(object form) 		военача́лника
voenačálnika
count form — военача́лника
voenačálnika
vocative form военача́лнико
voenačálniko 		военача́лници
voenačálnici

Alternative forms

  • военнонача́лник (voennonačálnik)

References

  • “военачалник”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “военачалник”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
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