дубла
Bulgarian edit
Etymology edit
Unclear. Per BER, probably from the now obsolete ду́блян (dúbljan, “golden coin”) in reference to the color of the bird.
Alternatively, akin to Russian ду́пель (dúpelʹ, “great snipe”), German Doppelschnepfe (“great snipe”). Compare obsolescent Bulgarian дю́ба (djúba), дю́бам (djúbam, “to peck, to rasp”) (Proto-Slavic *ďubati) for the unexpected -б-.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ду́бла • (dúbla) f (masculine ду́бел)
- female equivalent of ду́бел (dúbel): great snipe (Scolopax major)
- Synonym: (standard) голя́ма бекаси́на (goljáma bekasína)
Declension edit
Declension of ду́бла
References edit
- “дубла”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “дубла¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 441