акупресура

Bulgarian

Etymology

Superficially, blend of акупункту́ра (akupunktúra, “acupuncture”) +‎ Latin pressūra; likely borrowed from some other language, as the second component does not appear to exist in Bulgarian.

Although the first component is ultimately from Latin acus (“needle”), acupressure does not use needles, whereas acupuncture does, prompting an analysis as a blend with акупункту́ра (akupunktúra) rather than a compound of acus +‎ pressūra.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɐkoprɛˈsurɐ]
Syllabification^(key): а‧ку‧пре‧су‧ра
Hyphenation^(key): акуп‧ре‧су‧ра

Noun

акупресу́ра • (akupresúra) f

acupressure

Declension

Declension of акупресу́ра

	singular	plural
indefinite	акупресу́ра akupresúra	акупресу́ри akupresúri
definite	акупресу́рата akupresúrata	акупресу́рите akupresúrite

References

“акупресура”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
“акупресура”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
“акупресура”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 22

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

акупресу́ра f (Latin spelling akupresúra)

acupressure

Declension

Declension of акупресура

	singular
nominative	акупресу́ра
genitive	акупресуре
dative	акупресури
accusative	акупресуру
vocative	акупресуро
locative	акупресури
instrumental	акупресуром