цървул
Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *červьjь (“shoe”) + -ул (-ul), spread from a Western dialect (where cluster *čr- > *cr-).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [t͡sɐrˈvuɫ]
Noun
църву́л • (cǎrvúl) m
- opanak (Balkan leather shoe)
- (derogatory) a simple-minded or tactless person
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | църву́л cǎrvúl |
църву́л cǎrvúl |
| definite | църву́л cǎrvúl |
църву́л cǎrvúl |
Alternative forms
- чре́ве (čréve), цре́ве (créve) — obsolete
Coordinate terms
- опъ́нци pl (opǎ́nci), опи́нци pl (opínci), опи́нки pl (opínki)
- връвча́нки pl (vrǎvčánki)
Related terms
- че́рво (čérvo, “intestine”)
References
- “цървул”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “цървул”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- “чрѣвьи”, in Старобългарски речник [Dictionary of Old Bulgarian] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2025