свирец

Bulgarian

Голям свирец
Малък свирец

Etymology

сви́ря (svírja, to whistle, to pipe, to play music) + -ец (-ec)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sviˈrɛt͡s]

Noun

свире́ц • (sviréc) m (relational adjective сви́рцов)

  1. (literally) piper, music player
  2. (by extension) curlew (wader bird of genus Numenius)
    Synonym: (dialectal) навя́к (navják)

Declension

Hyponyms

  • голя́м сви́рец (goljám svírec, Eurasian curlew, Numenius arquata) (literally: great curlew)
  • ма́лък сви́рец (málǎk svírec, Eurasian whimbrel, Numenius phaeopus) (literally: lesser curlew)
  • тънкоклю́н сви́рец (tǎnkokljún svírec, slender-billed whimbrel, Numenius tenuirostris)
  • дългоклю́н сви́рец (dǎlgokljún svírec, long-billed whimbrel, Numenius americanus)

References

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