Bulgarian edit

Etymology edit

Diminutive of ду́па (dúpa, gap, indention) (mostly obsolete) +‎ -ка (-ka).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈdupkɐ]
  • (file)

Noun edit

ду́пка (dúpkaf (diminutive ду́пчица)

  1. hole, pit
    Synonyms: я́ма (jáma), трап (trap)
  2. gap, skip
    Synonyms: про́пуск (própusk), пролу́к (prolúk)
  3. aperture, port, slot (opening where another element is supposed to fit)
    Synonyms: отво́р (otvór), отвъ́рстие (otvǎ́rstie)
  4. (colloquial) cave, cavity, chasm (usually vertical)
    Synonym: пещера́ (pešterá)
    Те́мната ду́пкаTémnata dúpkaDark Hole (cave in Western Balkan Mountains)
    Ра́йчова ду́пкаRájčova dúpkaRajchov Hole (cave in Central Balkan Mountains)
    Ха́рамийска дупкаHáramijska dupkaHaramija Hole (cave in Western Rhodope Mountains)

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

References edit

  • дупка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • дупка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • дупка in Терминология на карста и спелеологията в България (1976)

Macedonian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dupa.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

дупка (dupkaf (plural дупки, diminutive дупче)

  1. hole, cavity, gap
  2. (slang) a person with no knowledge or skills (in a particular domain)

Declension edit