къч

Bulgarian

Къч на кон

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish [Term?] (whence modern Turkish kıç (“back, butt”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɤt͡ʃ]

Noun

къч • (kǎč) m

1. (colloquial) haunch, croupe (rear body part) of an equine or another tetrapod
2. (by extension) flying ("horse") kick

   Hypernym: ритни́к (ritník)

   хвъ́рлям къч ― hvǎ́rljam kǎč ― (for equines) to kick with the back legs

Declension

Declension of къч

	singular	plural
indefinite	къч kǎč	къ́чове kǎ́čove
definite (subject form)	къ́чът kǎ́čǎt	къ́човете kǎ́čovete
definite (object form)	къ́ча kǎ́ča
count form	—	къ́ча kǎ́ča

References

• “къч”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “къч”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “къч”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 237
• Nayden Gerov (1897) “*кѫчь”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 447