преперец
Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *perperьcь, akin to Proto-Slavic *perti (“to beat, to trample”) or to Proto-Slavic *pьrati (“to propel, to fly”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈprɛpɛrɛt͡s]
Noun
пре́перец • (préperec) m (feminine пре́перица or препери́ца)
- (dialectal) small game bird of family Perdicinae (particularly quail, spurfowl, and other related)
- Synonym: (partially) пъдпъдъ́к (pǎdpǎdǎ́k)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | пре́перец préperec |
пре́перци préperci |
| definite (subject form) |
пре́перецът préperecǎt |
пре́перците prépercite |
| definite (object form) |
пре́переца prépereca | |
| vocative form | пре́перецо prépereco |
пре́перци préperci |
Alternative forms
- пре́пелек m (prépelek), пре́пелец m (prépelec)
- препе́лка f (prepélka), пре́пелица f (prépelica)
Related terms
- пърпо́ря (pǎrpórja, “to flutter, to flap”)
- перпеля́ (perpeljá), перпе́ркам (perpérkam, “to flap wings”) (dialectal)
- пе́рка (pérka, “fin”)
- перо́ (peró, “feather”)
- пря́порец (prjáporec, “banner”) (dialectal)
References
- “преперец”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “преперица”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 661