дъб

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dǫbъ, via Old Church Slavonic дѫбъ (dǫbŭ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dɤp]

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Noun

дъб • (dǎb) m (relational adjective дъ́бов)

1. oak

   Synonym: меше (meše)

2. (dated) tree, wood (in general)

Declension

Declension of дъб

	singular	plural
indefinite	дъб dǎb	дъ́бове, дъ́би1 dǎ́bove, dǎ́bi1
definite (subject form)	дъбъ́т dǎbǎ́t	дъ́бовете, дъ́бите1 dǎ́bovete, dǎ́bite1
definite (object form)	дъба́ dǎbá
count form	—	дъ́ба dǎ́ba

¹Archaic.

Alternative forms

• даб (dab), дуб (dub) — dialectal

Hyponyms

• благун (blagun, “Quercus frainetto”)
• стеж (stež, “Quercus pubescens”)

Derived terms

• дъбак (dǎbak), дъбнак (dǎbnak, “oak forest”)
• дъбрава (dǎbrava, “young forest”)

References

• “дъб”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “дъб”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 453