червенушка

Bulgarian

Черноглава червенушка (мъжки)

Etymology

From черве́н (červén, “red, crimson”) +‎ -ушка (-uška) in reference to the red plumage of the male exemplars (females are typically grey).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃɛrvɛˈnuʃkɐ]

Noun

червену́шка • (červenúška) f (relational adjective червену́шков)

1. bullfinch (songbird of genus Pyrrhula)
2. (colloquial) epithet for field mushroom

   Synonym: по́лска печу́рка (pólska pečúrka)

Declension

Declension of червену́шка

	singular	plural
indefinite	червену́шка červenúška	червену́шки červenúški
definite	червену́шката červenúškata	червену́шките červenúškite
vocative form	червену́шко červenúško	червену́шки červenúški

Hyponyms

• черногла́ва червену́шка (černogláva červenúška, “black-headed bullfinch, Pyrrhula pyrrhula”)
• червеногла́ва червену́шка (červenogláva červenúška, “red-headed bullfinch, Pyrrhula erythrocephala”)
• сивогла́ва червену́шка (sivogláva červenúška, “grey-headed bullfinch, Pyrrhula erythaca”)

Related terms

• червеноши́йка (červenošíjka, “robin”)

References

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