наковалня

Bulgarian

Etymology

Formed from накова́ (naková, “to hew, to forge”) +‎ -алня (-alnja). Cognate with Russian накова́льня (nakoválʹnja).

Noun

накова́лня • (nakoválnja) f

  1. anvil
    между чук и наковалня ― meždu čuk i nakovalnja ― between a rock and a hard place (literally, “between a hammer and an anvil”)
  2. (anatomy) incus (small anvil-like bone in the middle ear)

Declension

Declension of накова́лня
singular plural
indefinite накова́лня
nakoválnja 		накова́лни
nakoválni
definite накова́лнята
nakoválnjata 		накова́лните
nakoválnite

References

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