средняк

Bulgarian

Etymology

From среда́ (sredá, “middle”) +‎ -няк (-njak). Cognate with Russian середня́к (serednják, “person from the middle class”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [srɛdˈnʲa̟k]

Noun

средня́к • (srednják) m (feminine средня́чка)

1. middler
2. one who often ends in the middle in competitions (average, mean one)

Declension

Declension of средня́к

	singular	plural
indefinite	средня́к srednják	средня́ци srednjáci
definite (subject form)	средня́кът srednjákǎt	средня́ците srednjácite
definite (object form)	средня́ка srednjáka
vocative form	средня́ко srednjáko	средня́ци srednjáci

Related terms

• посре́дствен (posrédstven, “mediocre”)

References

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