нурец
Bulgarian edit
Etymology edit
From ну́рям се (núrjam se, “to dive”) (dialectal) + -ец (-ec). Akin to Ukrainian прону́рок (pronúrok, “dipper (water blackbird)”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ну́рец • (núrec) m (diminutive но́рче)
- (literally) diver, submerger
- (dialectal) little grebe, dabchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
- Synonyms: (standard) ма́лък гмуре́ц (málǎk gmuréc), (colloquial) кри́во па́те (krívo páte)
Declension edit
Declension of ну́рец
Alternative forms edit
- но́рец (nórec) — Macedonian dialects
Related terms edit
- костену́рка (kostenúrka, “turtle”)
- нире́ц (niréc, “merger, goosander”)
References edit
- “нурец”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Nayden Gerov (1899), “но́рчѧ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 280
Macedonian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ну́рец • (núrec) m (plural ну́рци)
Declension edit
Declension of нурец
References edit
- “нурец” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu