бъдник

Bulgarian

Etymology

Derived from бдя (bdja, “to stay awake; to watch over someone or something”). Compare Serbo-Croatian ба̏дња̄к.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɤdnik]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation^(key): бъд‧ник

Noun

бъ́дник • (bǎ́dnik) m

1. Yule log
2. (dialectal) ritual bread or banitsa prepared for Christmas Eve

Declension

Declension of бъ́дник

	singular	plural
indefinite	бъ́дник bǎ́dnik	бъ́дници bǎ́dnici
definite (subject form)	бъ́дникът bǎ́dnikǎt	бъ́дниците bǎ́dnicite
definite (object form)	бъ́дника bǎ́dnika
count form	—	бъ́дника bǎ́dnika

Related terms

• Бъ́дни ве́чер (Bǎ́dni véčer, “Christmas Eve”)

References

• “бъдник”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “бъдник”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бдя; бъдник”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 38