бухер

Bulgarian

Видове бухери + черупки от покрити бухери

Etymology

Technically reflecting Proto-Slavic *buxyrъ, probably with original meaning bulged, bloated creature. If correct, then derived from бу́хвам (búhvam, “to bulge, to bloat, to tumefy”) +‎ -ер (-er).

Alternatively, modified from dialectal Bulgarian бу́га (búga, “bull”) (of Turkic origin) + -ер (-er) due to the horn-like eye tentacles of snails. Compare the folk epithets ро́глец (róglec), ро́жковец (róžkovec, “gastropod”) from Bulgarian рог (rog, “horn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbuxɛr]

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Noun

бу́хер • (búher) m (diminutive бо́хльо)

1. (dialectal) gastropod

   Synonyms: (dialectal) пи́жек (pížek), (dialectal) пасо́к (pasók), (archaic) слима́к (slimák)

   зъ́мски бу́хер ― zǎ́mski búher ― slug (literally, “serpentine gastropod)”)

   черу́пест бу́хер ― čerúpest búher ― snail (literally, “shelled gastropod)”)

2. (by specification) snail

   Synonym: о́хлюв (óhljuv)

Declension

Declension of бу́хер

	singular	plural
indefinite	бу́хер búher	бу́хери búheri
definite (subject form)	бу́херът búherǎt	бу́херите búherite
definite (object form)	бу́хера búhera
vocative form	бу́хере búhere	бу́хери búheri

Alternative forms

• бу́хир (búhir)
• бу́ер (búer) — colloquial pronunciation, with silent medial -х-

Derived terms

• о́хльо-бо́хльо (óhljo-bóhljo) (alias for gastropods in children's tales)

Related terms

• бу́хав (búhav, “swollen, bulged; rippen (for fruits)”)
• бухти́ца (buhtíca, “bindweed”) (dialectal)
• набу́хвател (nabúhvatel, “leaven (for dough)”)
• търбу́х (tǎrbúh, “rumen, belly”) (< *trь- (“tri-”) + *buxъ (“bulge”))

References

• “бухер”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бухер, буер”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 94
• Nayden Gerov (1895) “бу́хыръ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 88