пътека

Bulgarian

Alternative forms

• пътега (pǎtega), пътика (pǎtika), патика (patika), пъ́нтичка (pǎ́ntička) — dialectal, by analogy from пънт (pǎnt) (form of път (pǎt) with decomposed nasalism)

Etymology

From потека́ (poteká) with o > ъ via analogy with път (pǎt). The same in Macedonian патека (pateka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɐˈtɛkɐ]

Noun

пъте́ка • (pǎtéka) f

1. path, track (narrow path for pedestrians or animals)
2. runner (long narrow mat for floors, corridors and stairs)
3. (figurative) streak, track, trace, line on a surface

Declension

Declension of пъте́ка

	singular	plural
indefinite	пъте́ка pǎtéka	пъте́ки pǎtéki
definite	пъте́ката pǎtékata	пъте́ките pǎtékite

Descendants

• → Gagauz: patika
• → Romanian: potècă
• → Ottoman Turkish: پاتقه (patika)
  • Turkish: patika

Further reading

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