Bulgarian edit

Etymology edit

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

пу́мпал (púmpalm (diminutive пу́мпалче)

  1. spinning top (usually as a children's toy)
  2. (figurative) a person who doesn't sit still; who is quick to get things done

Declension edit

References edit

  • пумпал”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • пумпал”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “пумпал”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 852