пущинак

Bulgarian

Etymology

From пу́щи (púšti, “barren, wild”) (dialectal) +‎ -нак (-nak), an expressive variant of standard Bulgarian пуст (pust, “empty, desolate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [poʃtiˈnak]
• Rhymes: -ak

Noun

пущина́к • (puštinák) m

1. wilderness, wasteland

   Synonym: пу́стош (pústoš)

Declension

Declension of пущина́к

	singular	plural
indefinite	пущина́к puštinák	пущина́ци puštináci
definite (subject form)	пущина́кът puštinákǎt	пущина́ците puštinácite
definite (object form)	пущина́ка puštináka
count form	—	пущина́ка puštináka

Alternative forms

• пущиня́к (puštinják) — dialectal

Related terms

• пусти́ня (pustínja, “dessert”)
• пу́ща (púšta, “desolate place”) (dialectal)

References

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