копринарка
Bulgarian edit
Etymology edit
From копри́на (koprína, “silk”) + -ар (-ar) + -ка (-ka), in reference to the silk-smooth plumage of the bird which also gave the scientific name of the genus Bombycilla (“silk-tail”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
коприна́рка • (koprinárka) f (relational adjective коприна́рков)
- (literally) female silk-picker or silk-seller
- Synonym: свила́рка (svilárka)
- waxwing (songbird of genus Bombycilla)
- Synonym: (dialectal) къжли́ца (kǎžlíca)
Declension edit
Declension of коприна́рка
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | коприна́рка koprinárka |
коприна́рки koprinárki |
| definite | коприна́рката koprinárkata |
коприна́рките koprinárkite |
| vocative form | коприна́рке koprinárke |
коприна́рки koprinárki |
Hyponyms edit
- бохе́мска коприна́рка (bohémska koprinárka, “Bohemian waxwing, Bombycilla garrulus”)
- ке́дрова коприна́рка (kédrova koprinárka, “cedar waxwing, Bombycilla cedrorum”)
References edit
- “копринарка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “копринарка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010