ухолазка

Bulgarian edit

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Ухолазки

Обикновена ухолазка

Etymology edit

From ухо (uho, “ear”) +‎ ла́зя (lázja, “to creep”) + -ка (-ka), based on the common belief (not actually true) that earwigs may lay their eggs in human's ears. Compare similar names in English earwig (literally: “ear-bug”), French perce-oreille (literally: “ear-piercer”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [oxoˈɫaskɐ]

Noun edit

ухола́зка • (uholázka) f

earwig (insect of order Dermaptera)
Synonyms: кожестокри́ло (kožestokrílo), щипа́лка (štipálka)

Declension edit

Declension of ухола́зка

	singular	plural
indefinite	ухола́зка uholázka	ухола́зки uholázki
definite	ухола́зката uholázkata	ухола́зките uholázkite
vocative form	ухола́зко uholázko	ухола́зки uholázki

Related terms edit

ухо́ (uhó, “ear”)
лаз (laz), лаза́ч (lazáč, “creeper”)

References edit

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