ручей
Bulgarian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Slavic *ručьjь. Morphologically equivalent to руча́ (ručá, “to drone, to rattle”) + -ей (-ej).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ру́чей • (rúčej) m (diminutive ру́чейче)
- brook, creek, beck (small, relatively fast river or stream)
- Synonym: (dialectal) блюка́ло (bljukálo)
- (by extension) stream, flux
Declension edit
Declension of руче́й
Derived terms edit
- ручейни́к (ručejník, “caddisfly”)
Related terms edit
- ру́квам impf (rúkvam), ру́кна pf (rúkna, “to erupt, to gush; to shout, to cry out”)
- руча́ло (ručálo), ручи́ло (ručílo, “chanter, pipe”)
References edit
- “ручей”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “ручей”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Racheva, M.; Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “ручей”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 356
Russian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ručьjь. Compare Ukrainian руча́й (ručáj), Czech ručej, Polish ruczaj.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
руче́й • (ručéj) m inan (genitive ручья́, nominative plural ручьи́, genitive plural ручьёв, diminutive ручеёк)
Declension edit
Declension of руче́й (inan masc-form vowel-stem accent-b reduc)
Pre-reform declension of руче́й (inan masc-form vowel-stem accent-b reduc)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- ручей in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru