копринарка

Bulgarian

Бохемска копринарка

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): [kopriˈnarkɐ]

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• Rhymes: -arkɐ

Noun

коприна́рка • (koprinárka) f (relational adjective коприна́рков)

1. (literally) female silk-picker or silk-seller

   Synonym: свила́рка (svilárka)

2. waxwing (songbird of genus Bombycilla)

   Synonym: (dialectal) къжли́ца (kǎžlíca)

Declension

Declension of коприна́рка

	singular	plural
indefinite	коприна́рка koprinárka	коприна́рки koprinárki
definite	коприна́рката koprinárkata	коприна́рките koprinárkite
vocative form	коприна́рке koprinárke	коприна́рки koprinárki

Hyponyms

• бохе́мска коприна́рка (bohémska koprinárka, “Bohemian waxwing, Bombycilla garrulus”)
• ке́дрова коприна́рка (kédrova koprinárka, “cedar waxwing, Bombycilla cedrorum”)

References

• “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