дубла

Bulgarian
Дубла

Etymology

Unclear. Per BER, probably from the now obsolete ду́блян (dúbljan, “golden coin”) in reference to the color of the bird.

Alternatively, akin to Russian ду́пель (dúpelʹ, “great snipe”), German Doppelschnepfe (“great snipe”). Compare obsolescent Bulgarian дю́ба (djúba), дю́бам (djúbam, “to peck, to rasp”) (Proto-Slavic *ďubati) for the unexpected -б-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈdubɫɐ]
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Noun

ду́бла • (dúbla) f (masculine ду́бел)

  1. female equivalent of ду́бел (dúbel): great snipe (Scolopax major)
    Synonym: (standard) голя́ма бекаси́на (goljáma bekasína)

Declension
Declension of ду́бла
singular plural
indefinite ду́бла
dúbla		 ду́бли
dúbli
definite ду́блата
dúblata		 ду́блите
dúblite
vocative form ду́бло
dúblo		 ду́бли
dúbli

References
  • “дубла”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “дубла¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 441
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