пирот
Bulgarian
Etymology
By surface analysis, пи́рам (píram, “to lash, to shove”) + -от (-ot). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic пиротъ (pirotŭ, “rage”).
Noun
пи́рот • (pírot) m (dialectal, dated)
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| indefinite | пи́рот pírot |
| definite (subject form) |
пи́ротът pírotǎt |
| definite (object form) |
пи́рота pírota |
Derived terms
- Пи́рот (Pírot) (toponym)
verbs
- (causative-iterative) пи́ротя (pírotja)
nouns
- (agent noun) пи́ротник m (pírotnik)
- (agent noun) пи́ротница f (pírotnica)
Related terms
- пира́т (pirát, “lock bar”) (dialectal)
References
- Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “пиротем”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 256