братовчедка
Bulgarian
editPronunciation
editNoun
editбратовче́дка • (bratovčédka) f (masculine братовче́д)
- female cousin
- Братовчедката ми ходи да учи в Холандия.
- Bratovčedkata mi hodi da uči v Holandija.
- My cousin's going to study in Holland.
Usage notes
editCousins of differing levels of shared ancestry are expressed using the same numeric idiom as in English, e.g. one's first cousin is translated into Bulgarian using пъ́рва братовче́дка (pǎ́rva bratovčédka). Meanwhile, cousins "removed" are expressed using the word отстране́н (otstranén), alongside a word or phrase for how many times removed, e.g. братовче́дка веднъ́ш отстране́на (bratovčédka vednǎ́š otstranéna, “cousin once removed”), братовче́дка два пъ́ти отстране́на (bratovčédka dva pǎ́ti otstranéna, “cousin twice removed”), etc.
Declension
editDeclension of братовче́дка
singular | plural | |
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indefinite | братовче́дка bratovčédka |
братовче́дки bratovčédki |
definite | братовче́дката bratovčédkata |
братовче́дките bratovčédkite |
References
edit- “братовчедка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “братовчедка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010