тлака

Bulgarian

Etymology

Archaic word for voluntary work, inherited from Proto-Slavic *tolka. Cognate with Lithuanian talkà (“unpaid work”), Latvian tàlka (“party of workers”).

Noun

тлака́ • (tlaká) f

1. (dated) voluntary work, assistance (for friends, relatives)
2. (dated) working brigade assisting in the harvest (in pre-Industrial times)

Declension

Declension of тлака́

	singular	plural
indefinite	тлака́ tlaká	тлаки́ tlakí
definite	тлака́та tlakáta	тлаки́те tlakíte

Derived terms

• тлаку́вам (tlakúvam, “to work in a brigade”)

References

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

Anagrams

• лакта (lakta)