мочер

Bulgarian

Мочер

Etymology

мо́ча (móča, “to moisterize”) (dialectal) +‎ -ер (-er)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɔt͡ʃɛr]

Noun

мо́чер • (móčer) m (diminutive мо́черче)

1. (literally) wetness, damp, mire
2. (dialectal) hydrophile (creature which lives in wet conditions)
   1. amphibian (particularly salamanders)

      Synonym: (standard) земново́дно (zemnovódno)

   2. (specifically) olm, cave salamander (aquatic, troglodyte salamander of genus Proteus native to the Western Balkans)

      Synonyms: пе́щерен дъждо́вник (péšteren dǎždóvnik), (colloquial) чове́шка ри́бица (čovéška ríbica)

Declension

Declension of мо́чер

	singular	plural
indefinite	мо́чер móčer	мо́чери móčeri
definite (subject form)	мо́черът móčerǎt	мо́черите móčerite
definite (object form)	мо́чера móčera
count form	—	мо́чера móčera

Alternative forms

• моча́р (močár)

Related terms

• моча́ва (močáva, “wet weather, drizzle”)
• мо́чка (móčka, “urine”) (dialectal)
• мочу́р (močúr), мочу́рище (močúrište, “wetland, moor, marsh”)

References

• Nayden Gerov (1899) “мочꙗ́ръ”, 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 84
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “мочар, мочер”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 266