пестничен

Bulgarian

Etymology

Composed of пестни́к (pestník, “fist, punch”) +‎ -ен (-en, adjectival suffix), the former part from Old Church Slavonic пѧсть (pęstĭ), in turn from Proto-Slavic *pęstь,

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɛˈsnit͡ʃɛn]

Adjective

пестни́чен • (pestníčen)

1. (relational) fist
2. (relational) punch

Declension

Declension of пестни́чен (no comparative)

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	пестни́чен pestníčen	пестни́чна pestníčna	пестни́чно pestníčno	пестни́чни pestníčni
definite (subject form)	пестни́чният pestníčnijat	пестни́чната pestníčnata	пестни́чното pestníčnoto	пестни́чните pestníčnite
definite (object form)	пестни́чния pestníčnija

Synonyms

• юмру́чен (jumrúčen)

References

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