покана

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pokana; equivalent to по- (po-) +‎ ка́я се (kája se, “to regret, to repent one's sins”) +‎ -на (-na).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [poˈkanɐ]
  • Hyphenation(key): по‧ка‧на

Noun

пока́на • (pokána) f

  1. invitation
    Пока́на за танц. ― Pokána za tanc. ― Invitation to dance.
    Пока́на за сва́тба. ― Pokána za svátba. ― Wedding invitation.

Declension
Declension of пока́нa
singular plural
indefinite пока́нa
pokána		 пока́нaи
pokánai
definite
(subject form)		 пока́нaът
pokánaǎt		 пока́нaите
pokánaite
definite
(object form)		 пока́нaа
pokánaa

Derived terms
  • пока́ня pf (pokánja), пока́нвам impf (pokánvam, “to invite”)

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

Macedonian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈpɔkana]

Noun

покана • (pokana) f

  1. invitation

Declension
Declension of покана
singular plural
indefinite покана покани
definite unspecified поканата поканите
definite proximal поканава поканиве
definite distal поканана поканине
vocative покано покани
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