Bulgarian
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Etymology
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From леш (leš, “carrion”) + -о- (-o-) + яд (jad, “eater”), with specialization of meaning specifically to birds scavengers. Compare Macedonian лешинар (lešinar, “vulture”), Serbo-Croatian лѐшина̄р (“vulture”).
Pronunciation
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лешоя́д • (lešojád) m (relational adjective лешоя́ден)
- (literally) scavenger
- Synonym: мършоя́д (mǎršojád)
- vulture (carrion-eating bird of prey)
Declension
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Related terms
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- леш (leš, “carrion”)
- яд (jad, “eater”), ядене (jadene, “eating”)
References
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- “лешояд”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “лешояд”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010