меденка

Bulgarian
Торунски меденки

Etymology

From мед (med, “honey”) +‎ -енка (-enka). Formally reflects an earlier Proto-Slavic *meděnъka (“honey product”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛdɛŋkɐ]

Noun

ме́денка • (médenka) f

  1. gingerbread (sweet cake made with honey)
  2. (figurative) sweet, juicy fruit (of pear, apple, plum)

Inflection
Declension of ме́денка
singular plural
indefinite ме́денка
médenka		 ме́денки
médenki
definite ме́денката
médenkata		 ме́денките
médenkite

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