отбор

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [odˈbɔr]

Noun

отбо́р • (otbór) m

1. selection, choice

   есте́ствен отбо́р ― estéstven otbór ― natural selection

2. team

Declension

Declension of отбо́р

	singular	plural
indefinite	отбо́р otbór	отбо́ри otbóri
definite (subject form)	отбо́рът otbórǎt	отбо́рите otbórite
definite (object form)	отбо́ра otbóra
count form	—	отбо́ра otbóra

Related terms

• отбера́ pf (otberá), отби́рам impf (otbíram, “to select, to pick”)
• забо́р (zabór, “collection”) (dialectal)
• и́збор (ízbor, “choice”)
• на́бор (nábor, “class, composition”)
• разбо́р (razbór, “analysis”)
• подбо́р (podbór, “selection”)
• при́бор (príbor, “utensil”)
• сбо́р (sbór, “sum, addition”)
• събо́р (sǎbór, “gathering”)

References

• “отбор”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “отбор”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Anagrams

• робот (robot)

Russian

Alternative forms

• отбо́ръ (otbór) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

Deverbal from отбира́ть (otbirátʹ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐdˈbor]

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• Rhymes: -or

Noun

отбо́р • (otbór) m inan (genitive отбо́ра, nominative plural отбо́ры, genitive plural отбо́ров)

1. selection, choice (process or act of selecting)

   есте́ственный отбо́р ― jestéstvennyj otbór ― natural selection

2. picking, sampling

Declension

Declension of отбо́р (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	отбо́р otbór	отбо́ры otbóry
genitive	отбо́ра otbóra	отбо́ров otbórov
dative	отбо́ру otbóru	отбо́рам otbóram
accusative	отбо́р otbór	отбо́ры otbóry
instrumental	отбо́ром otbórom	отбо́рами otbórami
prepositional	отбо́ре otbóre	отбо́рах otbórax

Derived terms

• есте́ственный отбо́р (jestéstvennyj otbór)
• иску́сственный отбо́р (iskússtvennyj otbór)
• отбо́рка (otbórka)
  • отбо́рочный (otbóročnyj)
• отбо́рный (otbórnyj)
• полово́й отбо́р (polovój otbór)

Related terms

• отбира́ть (otbirátʹ), отобра́ть (otobrátʹ)