поговорка

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [poɡoˈvɔrkɐ]

Noun

погово́рка • (pogovórka) f

1. saying, proverb

Declension

Declension of погово́рка

	singular	plural
indefinite	погово́рка pogovórka	погово́рки pogovórki
definite	погово́рката pogovórkata	погово́рките pogovórkite

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɔˈɡɔvɔrka]

Noun

поговорка • (pogovorka) f

1. proverb

Declension

Declension of поговорка

	singular	plural
indefinite	поговорка	поговорки
definite unspecified	поговорката	поговорките
definite proximal	поговоркава	поговоркиве
definite distal	поговоркана	поговоркине
vocative	поговорке	поговорки

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pəɡɐˈvorkə]

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Noun

погово́рка • (pogovórka) f inan (genitive погово́рки, nominative plural погово́рки, genitive plural погово́рок)

1. saying, proverb, byword (concise, descriptive folk phrase)

Usage notes

The Russian terms погово́рка (pogovórka) and посло́вица (poslóvica) both translate to proverb or saying in English, but have subtly different usage in Russian:

• погово́рка (pogovórka) is a concise descriptive phrase, usually not forming a complete sentence, which may hint at a lesson but does not state it explicitly; e.g. во́ду в сту́пе толо́чь (vódu v stúpe tolóčʹ, “to plough the sand, to waste one's time”, literally “to grind water in a mortar”).
• посло́вица (poslóvica) is a complete sentence communicating an explicit lesson or an important truth; e.g. во́ду вари́ть — вода́ и бу́дет (vódu varítʹ — vodá i búdet, “if you waste your time, you will achieve nothing”, literally “if you boil water [with nothing in it], you will get water”).

Declension

Declension of погово́рка (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc) 

	singular	plural
nominative	погово́рка pogovórka	погово́рки pogovórki
genitive	погово́рки pogovórki	погово́рок pogovórok
dative	погово́рке pogovórke	погово́ркам pogovórkam
accusative	погово́рку pogovórku	погово́рки pogovórki
instrumental	погово́ркой, погово́ркою pogovórkoj, pogovórkoju	погово́рками pogovórkami
prepositional	погово́рке pogovórke	погово́рках pogovórkax

Coordinate terms

• посло́вица (poslóvica)
• крыла́тое выраже́ние (krylátoje vyražénije)

Related terms

• погова́ривать (pogovárivatʹ)
• поговорочный (pogovoročnyj)
• поговорочка (pogovoročka)

See also

• выраже́ние (vyražénije)