каменарка

Bulgarian

Etymology 1

Feminine form of камена́р (kamenár, stonemason) + -ка (-ka).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɐmɛˈnarkɐ]

Noun

камена́рка • (kamenárka) f (masculine камена́р)

  1. female equivalent of камена́р (kamenár): female stonemason
  2. (colloquial) wife of a stonemason
Declension

References

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

Etymology 2

Змия каменарка
Патица каменарка

Substantivation of ка́мен (kámen, stone) (archaic) + -арка (-arka).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɐmɛˈnarkɐ]
  • (dialectally) IPA(key): [kɐmɛˈnʲa̟rkɐ]

Noun

камена́рка • (kamenárka) f

  1. (literally) creature that occupies rocky spaces or hides under rocks, stones
  2. (colloquial) asp (Vipera aspis, venemous snake of genus Vipera)
    Synonym: аспи́да (aspída)
  3. (dialectal) Alternative form of камену́шка (kamenúška, harlequin duck, rock duck)
Declension
Alternative forms
  • каменя́рка (kamenjárka)

Etymology 3

Обикновена каменарка

A calque of Latin perla (pearl), called after the glimmering wings of common stoneflies (genus Perla).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɐmɛˈnarkɐ]

Noun

камена́рка • (kamenárka) f

  1. stonefly (exopterygotan insect of order Plecoptera)
    Synonym: пе́рла (pérla)
Declension
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