еднодневка

Bulgarian

Насекомо еднодневка

Etymology

From еднодне́вен (ednodnéven, “one-day”) +‎ -ка (-ka, feminine suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɛdnodˈnɛfkɐ]

• Audio:

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Noun

еднодне́вка • (ednodnévka) f

1. (literally) something that expires in a day

   → short-term decision, agreement

   → one-hit wonder (e.g. гру́па-еднодне́вка (grúpa-ednodnévka, “one-hit wonder group”))

2. (by extension) daypack (small tourist bagpack enough to bring supplies for one day)
3. mayfly, dayfly, ephemerid (primitive winged insect of order Ephemeroptera, with short adult life (from a few hours to 10-15 days))

   Synonym: ефемерид (efemerid)

Declension

Declension of еднодне́вка

	singular	plural
indefinite	еднодне́вка ednodnévka	еднодне́вки ednodnévki
definite	еднодне́вката ednodnévkata	еднодне́вките ednodnévkite
vocative form	еднодне́вко ednodnévko	еднодне́вки ednodnévki

Related terms

• еди́н (edín, “one”) (numeral)
  • едини́ца (ediníca, “one”) (cardinal)
  • едини́чен (ediníčen, “single”)
  • еди́нствен (edínstven, “unique, sole”)
• дне́вен (dnéven, “daily”)

References

• “еднодневка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “еднодневка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010