пъшка

Bulgarian

вея пъщка (1)

семе пъщка (2)

Etymology

From an earlier пъщка, itself inherited from Proto-Slavic *pъťьka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɤʃkɐ]

Noun

пъ́шка • (pǎ́ška) f (dialectal)

1. bud, peduncle (stalk of a cluster of berries or of a branch of vegetation)
2. pit, stone (seed of a drupe fruit)

Declension

Declension of пъ́шка

	singular	plural
indefinite	пъ́шка pǎ́ška	пъ́шки pǎ́ški
definite	пъ́шката pǎ́škata	пъ́шките pǎ́škite

Alternative forms

• пъ́ска (pǎ́ska) — hardened pronunciation
• по́шка (póška) — in dialects where proto-Slavic *-ъ- was widened into -o-

See also

• пашку́л (paškúl, “cocoon”)

References

• “пъшка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “пъшка”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 126