парцал

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پرتل (partal, “worn-out cloth”), a -lı derivative of Classical Persian پارچه (pārča, “piece, part”). Displaced Bulgarian пъртищ (pǎrtišt), which is cognate with the Persian lemma.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɫ

Noun

парца́л • (parcál) m

1. tatter, rag, clout

Declension

Declension of парца́л

	singular	plural
indefinite	парца́л parcál	парца́ли parcáli
definite (subject form)	парца́лът parcálǎt	парца́лите parcálite
definite (object form)	парца́ла parcála
count form	—	парца́ла parcála

Alternative forms

• парта́л (partál), парца́ль (parcálʹ) — dialectal

Related terms

• парче́ (parčé, “part”)

References

• “парцал”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “парцал”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “парцал”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 76