преперец

Bulgarian
Кафяв преперец

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *perperьcь, akin to Proto-Slavic *perti (“to beat, to trample”) or to Proto-Slavic *pьrati (“to propel, to fly”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈprɛpɛrɛt͡s]

Noun

пре́перец • (préperec) m (feminine пре́перица or препери́ца)

  1. (dialectal) small game bird of family Perdicinae (particularly quail, spurfowl, and other related)
    Synonym: (partially) пъдпъдъ́к (pǎdpǎdǎ́k)

Declension
Declension of пре́перец
singular plural
indefinite пре́перец
préperec		 пре́перци
préperci
definite
(subject form)		 пре́перецът
préperecǎt		 пре́перците
prépercite
definite
(object form)		 пре́переца
prépereca
vocative form пре́перецо
prépereco		 пре́перци
préperci

Alternative forms
  • пре́пелек m (prépelek), пре́пелец m (prépelec)
  • препе́лка f (prepélka), пре́пелица f (prépelica)
  • пърпо́ря (pǎrpórja, “to flutter, to flap”)
  • перпеля́ (perpeljá), перпе́ркам (perpérkam, “to flap wings”) (dialectal)
  • пе́рка (pérka, “fin”)
  • перо́ (peró, “feather”)
  • пря́порец (prjáporec, “banner”) (dialectal)

References
  • “преперец”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “преперица”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 661
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