кутия

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قوطی (kutu, kutı) (extended with the suffix -ия (-ija)), ultimately from Greek κουτί (koutí).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [koˈtijɐ]

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• Rhymes: -ijɐ

Noun

кути́я • (kutíja) f (diminutive кути́йка)

1. box, case (container with a flat base and sides)

   карто́нена кути́я ― kartónena kutíja ― cardboard box

   кибри́тена кути́йка ― kibrítena kutíjka ― matchbox

   по́щенска кути́я ― póštenska kutíja ― mailbox

   че́рна кути́я ― čérna kutíja ― blackbox

2. can, tin

Declension

Declension of кути́я

	singular	plural
indefinite	кути́я kutíja	кути́и kutíi
definite	кути́ята kutíjata	кути́ите kutíite

References

• “кутия”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “кутия”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “кутия”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 157