пътека

Bulgarian

Alternative forms
  • пътега (pǎtega), пътика (pǎtika), патика (patika), пъ́нтичка (pǎ́ntička) — dialectal, by analogy from пънт (pǎnt) (form of път (pǎt) with decomposed nasalism)

Etymology

From потека́ (poteká) with o > ъ via analogy with път (pǎt). The same in Macedonian патека (pateka).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [pɐˈtɛkɐ]

Noun

пъте́ка • (pǎtéka) f

  1. path, track (narrow path for pedestrians or animals)
  2. runner (long narrow mat for floors, corridors and stairs)
  3. (figurative) streak, track, trace, line on a surface

Declension
Declension of пъте́ка
singular plural
indefinite пъте́ка
pǎtéka		 пъте́ки
pǎtéki
definite пъте́ката
pǎtékata		 пъте́ките
pǎtékite

Descendants
  • → Gagauz: patika
  • → Romanian: potècă
  • → Ottoman Turkish: پاتقه (patika)

Further reading
  • “пътека”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
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