престъпник
Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *perstǫpьnikъ; equivalent to престъ́пя (prestǎ́pja, “to cross, to step over”) + -ник (-nik). Literally, "one who crosses (the accepted norms/laws)".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [prɛˈstɤpnik]
Noun
престъ́пник • (prestǎ́pnik) m (feminine престъ́пница or престъ́пничка)
- criminal (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | престъ́пник prestǎ́pnik |
престъ́пници prestǎ́pnici |
| definite (subject form) |
престъ́пникът prestǎ́pnikǎt |
престъ́пниците prestǎ́pnicite |
| definite (object form) |
престъ́пника prestǎ́pnika | |
| vocative form | престъ́пнико prestǎ́pniko |
престъ́пници prestǎ́pnici |
Related terms
- престъпле́ние (prestǎplénie, “crime, offense”)
References
- “престъпник”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “престъпник”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Duridanov, Račeva, Todorov, Bălgarski Etimologičen Rečnik Book 5, page 677 https://web.archive.org/web/20240827114221/https://ibl.bas.bg/lib/ber_5/#page/339/mode/1up