мозък

Bulgarian

орган мозък

Etymology

Simplified from an earlier мозг (mozg), with final -г devoiced (as usual for word-final voiced stops) and later interpreted as the diminutive suffix -ък (-ǎk). Ultimately, inherited from Proto-Slavic *mozgъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɔzɐk]

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Noun

мо́зък • (mózǎk) m (relational adjective мо́зъчен)

1. (anatomy) brain, marrow

   главен мозък ― glaven mozǎk ― cerebrum, brain (literally, “main, capital marrow”)

   костен мозък ― kosten mozǎk ― marrow (literally, “bone marrow”)

Declension

Declension of мо́зък

	singular	plural
indefinite	мо́зък mózǎk	мо́зъци mózǎci
definite (subject form)	мо́зъкът mózǎkǎt	мо́зъците mózǎcite
definite (object form)	мо́зъка mózǎka
count form	—	мо́зъка mózǎka

Alternative forms

• мо́зок (mózok), мо́зак (mózak), мо́зяк (mózjak) — dialectal

References

• “мозък”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “мозък”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “мо́зъкъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 77
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “мозък”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 207