дзръцка

Bulgarian

Etymology

Attested in Southern Torlak dialects, cognate with Macedonian ѕрцки pl (dzrcki, “peepers”).

According to Georgiev, possibly cognate with dialectal Russian згра (zgra), both from Proto-Slavic *stьdzrъ, *stьgrъ (“shining, sparkling”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to stick, to poke”). The Torlak Bulgarian descendant probably reflects an earlier adjective *стьѕрьскъ (*stĭdzrĭskŭ, “shining, glimmering”) with a similar phonetic development as Old Church Slavonic трьтьскъ (trĭtĭskŭ, “buttocks”), бодьскъ (bodĭskŭ, “pointy”) → Bulgarian тръцка (trǎcka, “fart”), боцка (bocka, “wedge”).

If correct, then cognate with Proto-Iranian *tigráh (“sharp, pointy”), whence Avestan 𐬙𐬌𐬖𐬭𐬀 (tiγra, “sharp”), Old Persian 𐎫𐎥𐎼 (t-g-r /⁠tigra⁠/). Further akin to Sanskrit तेजस् (tejas, “light, splendor”) with semantic shift sharp edge → shining → light, splendor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdzrɤt͡skɐ]

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Noun

дзръ́цка • (dzrǎ́cka) f

1. (dialectal, obsolete) spark

   Synonym: искра́ (iskrá)

Declension

Declension of дзръ́цка

	singular	plural
indefinite	дзръ́цка dzrǎ́cka	дзръ́цки dzrǎ́cki
definite	дзръ́цката dzrǎ́ckata	дзръ́цките dzrǎ́ckite

Alternative forms

• дзр́цка (dzŕcka) — with syllabic -р-

Related terms

• дзръкам (dzrǎkam), дзрцкам (dzrckam, “to poke, to stick”) (dialectal)

References

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “дзрцка”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 377