паяк
Bulgarian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Church Slavonic паѭкъ (pajǫkŭ), from Proto-Slavic *pajękъ; equivalent to Proto-Slavic *paǫkъ with epenthetic -j-. Morphologically formed as па- (pa-) + Proto-Indo-European *h₂énkos (“hook, corner”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpajɐk]
- (nonstandard) IPA(key): [ˈpaek]
Noun
па́як • (pájak) m (relational adjective па́ячен, diminutive па́яче)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | па́як pájak |
па́яци pájaci |
| definite (subject form) |
па́якът pájakǎt |
па́яците pájacite |
| definite (object form) |
па́яка pájaka | |
| count form | — | па́яка pájaka |
Derived terms
- паякообра́зен (pajakoobrázen, “arachnomorphous”)
Related terms
- па́яжина (pájažina, “spider's web”)
References
- “паяк”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “паяк”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “паяк¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 121
Anagrams
- капя (kapja)