жерка

Bulgarian

Etymology

From an earlier *жернка (*žernka), a diminutive form of Proto-Slavic *žьrny (“millstone”) + -ка (-ka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʒɛrkɐ]

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Noun

же́рка • (žérka) f

1. (archaic, dialectal) millstone
2. (by specification) gizzard, gastric mill (part of the digestive tract of birds and other archosaurs)

Declension

Declension of же́рка

	singular	plural
indefinite	же́рка žérka	же́рки žérki
definite	же́рката žérkata	же́рките žérkite

Alternative forms

• дже́рка (džérka)

References

• “жерка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “жерка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “жерка”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 537