бъбрек

Bulgarian

Alternative forms

• бъ́брег (bǎ́breg) — archaic

Etymology

Attested as Middle Bulgarian боубрегъ (bubregŭ), боубрѣгъ (bubrěgŭ) in late Church Slavonic texts. Either borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بوبرك (böbrek) or less likely of Oghur origin, in view of the voiced reflex of proto-Turkic *-ek, which is even more common in Macedonian бубрег (bubreg), Serbo-Croatian бу̀брег, Slovene bȗbreg (dialectal).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɤbrɛk]

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Noun

бъ́брек • (bǎ́brek) m (relational adjective бъ́бречен)

1. kidney

Declension

Declension of бъ́брек

	singular	plural
indefinite	бъ́брек bǎ́brek	бъ́бреци bǎ́breci
definite (subject form)	бъ́брекът bǎ́brekǎt	бъ́бреците bǎ́brecite
definite (object form)	бъ́брека bǎ́breka
count form	—	бъ́брека bǎ́breka

References

• “бъбрек”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “бъбрек”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бъбрек”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 96

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