водно конче

Bulgarian

Водно конче по време на полет

Водно конче в застой

Etymology

From во́ден (vóden, “aquatic”) +‎ ко́нче (kónče, “horsie, mare”) (diminutive). Compare similar terms in Macedonian вилино коњче (vilino konjče), Serbo-Croatian вилин коњиц (literally: spirit-horsie).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɔdno ˈkɔnt͡ʃɛ]

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Noun

во́дно ко́нче • (vódno kónče) n

1. dragonfly (predetory insect of order Odonata, typically in family Anisoptera)

Declension

Declension of во́дно ко́нче

	singular	plural
indefinite	во́дно ко́нче vódno kónče	во́дни ко́нчета vódni kónčeta
definite	во́дното ко́нче vódnoto kónče	во́дните ко́нчета vódnite kónčeta

Hyponyms

• равнокри́ло во́дно ко́нче (ravnokrílo vódno kónče, “damselfly, suborder Zygoptera”) (literally: even-winged aquatic horse)
• разнокри́ло во́дно ко́нче (raznokrílo vódno kónče, “dragonfly, infraorder Anisoptera”) (literally: split-winged aquatic horse)

Related terms

• мо́рско ко́нче (mórsko kónče, “seahorse”) (type of fish)
• водни́к m (vodník), водни́ца f (vodníca, “water spirit, nixie”) (associated with dragonflies in folklore)

References

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