хрътка

Bulgarian edit

хрътка

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ˈxrɤtkɐ]

Noun edit

хръ́тка • (hrǎ́tka) f

greyhound, bloodhound, whippet

Usage notes edit

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 edit

Declension of хръ́тка

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

Alternative forms edit

хъ́ртица (hǎ́rtica) — dialectal

References edit

“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