Bulgarian edit

Etymology edit

Onomatopoeic, analyzable as мър-мър (mǎr-mǎr, purring onomatopoeia) +‎ -кам (-kam).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

мъ́ркам (mǎ́rkam) first-singular present indicativeimpf

  1. (intransitive) to purr (of felines)
  2. (intransitive, figurative) to murmur, to grumble (of person)

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

verbs
nouns

References edit

  • мъркам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • мъркам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “мъркам”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 412