хрътка

Bulgarian

хрътка

Etymology

From an earlier хърт (hǎrt) +‎ -ка (-ka), from Proto-Slavic *xъrtъ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈxrɤtkɐ]

Noun

хръ́тка • (hrǎ́tka) f

greyhound, bloodhound, whippet

Usage notes

In principle, the current lemma used to refer specifically to female hounds, but in the modern language it applies to the species as a whole (regardless of gender).

Declension

Declension of хръ́тка

	singular	plural
indefinite	хръ́тка hrǎ́tka	хръ́тки hrǎ́tki
definite	хръ́тката hrǎ́tkata	хръ́тките hrǎ́tkite
vocative form	хръ́тко hrǎ́tko	хръ́тки hrǎ́tki

Alternative forms

хъ́ртица (hǎ́rtica) — dialectal

References

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