Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *rovina, morphologically equivalent to ров (rov, “ditch”) + -ина (-ina). Cognate with Czech rovina (“plain, level”).
Pronunciation
Noun
рови́на • (rovína) f
- man-made ditch, trench, channel
- Synonyms: кана́л (kanál), и́зкоп (ízkop), я́ма (jáma)
- furrow, gutter (which serves as drainage)
- Synonyms: кана́вка (kanávka), уле́й (uléj)
- (by extension) erosive depression, hollow, gorge
- Synonyms: овра́г (ovrág), дъ́лбей (dǎ́lbej)
- (figurative) large wrinkle, ripple
Declension
Declension of рови́на
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singular
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plural
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рови́на
rovína
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рови́ни
rovíni
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рови́ната
rovínata
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рови́ните
rovínite
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- рив (riv, “ripple, gust”) (obsolete)
- ров (rov, “ditch, trench”)
- ро́вя (róvja, “to dig”)
- рове́тина (rovétina, “excavation, delve, trench”)
- ро́вище (róvište), рови́няк (rovínjak, “erosive delve, dell”)
- у́рва (úrva, “precipice”)
- ру́ха (rúha, “deformation, damage”) (obsolete)
References
- “ровина”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “ровина”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010