капиляр

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian капилля́р (kapilljár), from Latin capillāris (“pertaining to the hair”). Cognate with English capillary.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɐpiˈlʲa̟r]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ar
  • Hyphenation(key): ка‧пи‧ляр

Noun

капиля́р • (kapiljár) m (relational adjective капиля́рен)

  1. (anatomy, usually in the plural) capillary (small blood vessel)
  2. very narrow tube; capillary
  3. (geology, plural only) pore channel in rocks and rock formations
  4. (soil science, plural only) capillary (structural element of soil capillarity)

Declension

Declension of капиля́р
singular plural
indefinite капиля́р
kapiljár 		капиля́ри
kapiljári
definite
(subject form) 		капиля́рът
kapiljárǎt 		капиля́рите
kapiljárite
definite
(object form) 		капиля́ра
kapiljára
count form — капиля́ра
kapiljára

References

  • “капиляр”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “капиляр”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.