каменарка

Bulgarian

Etymology 1

Feminine form of камена́р (kamenár, “stonemason”) +‎ -ка (-ka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɐmɛˈnarkɐ]

Noun

камена́рка • (kamenárka) f (masculine камена́р)

1. female equivalent of камена́р (kamenár): female stonemason
2. (colloquial) wife of a stonemason

Declension

Declension of камена́рка

	singular	plural
indefinite	камена́рка kamenárka	камена́рки kamenárki
definite	камена́рката kamenárkata	камена́рките kamenárkite
vocative form	камена́рке kamenárke	камена́рки kamenárki

Related terms

• камена́рче (kamenárče, “wheatear”)
• ка́мени́ца (kámeníca, “rocky soil; stone pillar”)
• камъна́к (kamǎnák, “crag, rock”)

References

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

Etymology 2

Змия каменарка

Патица каменарка

Substantivation of ка́мен (kámen, “stone”) (archaic) +‎ -арка (-arka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɐmɛˈnarkɐ]
• (dialectally) IPA^(key): [kɐmɛˈnʲa̟rkɐ]

Noun

камена́рка • (kamenárka) f

1. (literally) creature that occupies rocky spaces or hides under rocks, stones
2. (colloquial) asp (Vipera aspis, venemous snake of genus Vipera)

   Synonym: аспи́да (aspída)

3. (dialectal) Alternative form of камену́шка (kamenúška, “harlequin duck, rock duck”)

Declension

Declension of камена́рка

	singular	plural
indefinite	камена́рка kamenárka	камена́рки kamenárki
definite	камена́рката kamenárkata	камена́рките kamenárkite
vocative form	камена́рке kamenárke	камена́рки kamenárki

Alternative forms

• каменя́рка (kamenjárka)

Etymology 3

Обикновена каменарка

A calque of Latin perla (“pearl”), called after the glimmering wings of common stoneflies (genus Perla).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɐmɛˈnarkɐ]

Noun

камена́рка • (kamenárka) f

1. stonefly (exopterygotan insect of order Plecoptera)

   Synonym: пе́рла (pérla)

Declension

Declension of камена́рка

	singular	plural
indefinite	камена́рка kamenárka	камена́рки kamenárki
definite	камена́рката kamenárkata	камена́рките kamenárkite
vocative form	камена́рке kamenárke	камена́рки kamenárki