чекор
Bulgarian edit
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Etymology edit
че́кам, че́кна (čékam, čékna, “to split, to break off”) + -ор (-or)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
че́кор • (čékor) m (dialectal)
- (dated, in Gerov) branching, bifurcation (in stem growth)
- (Central dialects) span, split, twine (as a posture)
- (Southwestern dialects) step, tread (as an action)
Declension edit
Declension of че́кор
Derived terms edit
- чеко́ря (čekórja, “to straddle”) (dialectal)
Related terms edit
- че́кнене (čéknene, “strange posture”) (colloquial)
References edit
- “чекор”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1904) “че́коръ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language][1] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 538
Macedonian edit
Etymology edit
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Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
чекор • (čekor) m (plural чекори, diminutive чекорче)
- step (act of stepping, a distinct part of a process)
Declension edit
Declension of чекор