търтей

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *trǫtьjь; equivalent to Proto-Slavic *trǫtъ (“drone”) +‎ -ей (-ej).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɤrtɛj]

Noun

тъ́ртей • (tǎ́rtej) m

1. drone (male bee/wasp)
2. one that lives on the labours of others, drone, parasite, idler

   Synonyms: готова́н (gotován), лентя́й (lentjáj)

Declension

Declension of тъ́ртей

	singular	plural
indefinite	тъ́ртей tǎ́rtej	тъ́ртеи tǎ́rtei
definite (subject form)	тъ́ртеят tǎ́rtejat	тъ́ртеите tǎ́rteite
definite (object form)	тъ́ртея tǎ́rteja
count form	—	тъ́ртея tǎ́rteja
vocative form	тъ́ртею tǎ́rteju	тъ́ртеи tǎ́rtei

Related terms

• пчела́ f (pčelá)

References

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