Bulgarian

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Etymology

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Reflects Proto-Slavic *gybъkъ (flexible), possibly borrowed from Russian ги́бкий (gíbkij). Cognate with Macedonian гибок (gibok) (dialectal). Morphologically identical to ги́бам (gíbam, to flex, to hang, to thread) (dialectal) +‎ -ък (-ǎk).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɡibɐk]
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Adjective

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ги́бък (gíbǎk)

  1. (dialectal, obsolete) pliant, flexile
    Synonyms: гъ́вък (gǎ́vǎk), гъ́вкав (gǎ́vkav)

Declension

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References

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