замък
Bulgarian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Russian за́мок (zámok, “castle”), itself from Czech zamek (“lock, castle”), which is a calque of German Schloss, from Proto-Slavic *zamъkъ.
Doublet of the native замка (zamka) (snare, knot (that locks)), from Proto-Slavic *zamъka.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
за́мък • (zámǎk) m
- castle (fortified building)
Declension edit
Declension of за́мък
Alternative forms edit
- замъкъ (zamǎk) (Pre-reform orthography (1945))
Related terms edit
References edit
- “замък”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “за̀мък”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 599