вилоскачка

Bulgarian

Вилоскачка от вид (Orchesella cincta)

Etymology

ви́ла (víla, “pitchfork, reel”) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ ска́чка f (skáčka, “jumper”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [viɫoˈskat͡ʃkɐ]

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Noun

вилоска́чка • (viloskáčka) f

1. springtail (entognathic hexapod (para-insect) of subclass Collembola)

   Synonym: вилоопа́шка (viloopáška)

Declension

Declension of вилоска́чка

	singular	plural
indefinite	вилоска́чка viloskáčka	вилоска́чки viloskáčki
definite	вилоска́чката viloskáčkata	вилоска́чките viloskáčkite
vocative form	вилоска́чке viloskáčke	вилоска́чки viloskáčki

Related terms

• ви́я (víja, “to twist, to curl”)
• ви́ла (víla, “spirit, gush”)
• ви́лка (vílka) (dialectal), вили́ца (vilíca, “fork”)
• скача́ч (skačáč, “jumper”)

References

• “вилоскачка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “вилоскачка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010