плъх
Bulgarian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pьlxъ.
Cognates of that term in other Slavic languages usually mean “dormouse”, while the word for “rat” is either from Proto-Slavic *krysa or *ščurъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pɫɤx]
Audio: (file)
Noun
плъх • (plǎh) m (feminine плъ́хка)
- rat (rodent of genus Rattus)
- Synonym: патка́н (patkán)
- (dialectal) vole, dormouse (large mouse-like rodent)
- во́ден плъх ― vóden plǎh ― water vole
- (figurative) low skilled person; sycophant (of people)
- кни́жен плъх ― knížen plǎh ― bookworm
- канцела́рски плъх ― kancelárski plǎh ― quill-driver
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | плъх plǎh |
плъ́хове plǎ́hove |
| definite (subject form) |
плъ́хът plǎ́hǎt |
плъ́ховете plǎ́hovete |
| definite (object form) |
плъ́ха plǎ́ha | |
| count form | — | плъ́ха plǎ́ha |
Alternative forms
- пълх (pǎlh), полх (polh), пл̥х (pl̥h) — dialectal
Derived terms
- плъ́хче (plǎ́hče), плъхо́к (plǎhók), плъшо́к (plǎšók) (diminutive, colloquial)
See also
References
- “плъх”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “плъх”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1901) “плъхъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language][1] (in Bulgarian), volume 4, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 46
- Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “плъх”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 374