комбал
Bulgarian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Per the Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary, possibly from dialectal Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (kombulak, “oak gall”), with regressive assimilation: u - a > a - a.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ко́мбал • (kómbal) m
- (colloquial, often augmentative, usually in the plural) eye
- (regional) ball, clump
Declension edit
Declension of ко́мбал
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | ко́мбал kómbal |
ко́мбали kómbali |
| definite (subject form) |
ко́мбалът kómbalǎt |
ко́мбалите kómbalite |
| definite (object form) |
ко́мбала kómbala | |
| count form | — | ко́мбала kómbala |
References edit
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “ко̀мбал”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 569