чинка

Bulgarian

Обикновена чинка (сипка) (Fringilla coelebs)

Синя чинка (Fringilla teydea)

Etymology

Of onomatopoeic origin, from the call чи-чи (či-či, “chirp-chirp”) +‎ -нка (-nka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃiŋkɐ]

Noun

чи́нка • (čínka) f

1. finch (songbird of family Fringillidae)

Declension

Declension of чи́нка

	singular	plural
indefinite	чи́нка čínka	чи́нки čínki
definite	чи́нката čínkata	чи́нките čínkite
vocative form	чи́нко čínko	чи́нки čínki

Alternative forms

• чи́жка (čížka) — dialectal

Hyponyms

• оби́кновена чи́нка (obíknovena čínka, “chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs”)
• плани́нска чи́нка (planínska čínka, “brambling, Fringilla montifringilla”)
• си́ня чи́нка (sínja čínka, “Tenerife blue chaffinch, Fringilla teydea”)
• сне́жна чи́нка (snéžna čínka, “snow finch, Montifringilla nivalis”)

Related terms

• чичопе́й (čičopéj, “golden oriole, chickadee”)

References

• “чинка²”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “чинка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃiŋka]
• Hyphenation: чин‧ка

Noun

чинка • (činka) f (plural чинки)

1. magic, witchcraft (magic; a ritual with a magical effect)

Declension

Declension of чинка

	singular	plural
indefinite	чинка	чинки
definite unspecified	чинката	чинките
definite proximal	чинкава	чинкиве
definite distal	чинкана	чинкине
vocative	чинко	чинки

References

• “чинка” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu