мозък
Bulgarian
Etymology
Simplified from an earlier мозг (mozg), with final -г devoiced (as usual for word-final voiced stops) and later interpreted as the diminutive suffix -ък (-ǎk). Ultimately, inherited from Proto-Slavic *mozgъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmɔzɐk]
Audio: (file)
Noun
мо́зък • (mózǎk) m (relational adjective мо́зъчен)
- (anatomy) brain, marrow
- главен мозък ― glaven mozǎk ― cerebrum, brain (literally, “main, capital marrow”)
- костен мозък ― kosten mozǎk ― marrow (literally, “bone marrow”)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | мо́зък mózǎk |
мо́зъци mózǎci |
| definite (subject form) |
мо́зъкът mózǎkǎt |
мо́зъците mózǎcite |
| definite (object form) |
мо́зъка mózǎka | |
| count form | — | мо́зъка mózǎka |
Alternative forms
Descendants
- → Gagauz: mozak
References
- “мозък”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “мозък”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Nayden Gerov (1899) “мо́зъкъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language][1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 77
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “мозък”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 207