врътка

Bulgarian

Etymology

By surface analysis, въртя́ (vǎrtjá, “to turn”) +‎ -ка (-ka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvrɤtkɐ]

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Noun

връ́тка • (vrǎ́tka) f

1. gadget or instrument that is turned
   1. handle (of a door, a tiller, a gear-lever, etc.)
   2. crutch, rocking device
   3. (dialectal) screw
2. (colloquial) bargain, lucrative deal

   правя врътки ― pravja vrǎtki ― to strike deals

Declension

Declension of връ́тка

	singular	plural
indefinite	връ́тка vrǎ́tka	връ́тки vrǎ́tki
definite	връ́тката vrǎ́tkata	връ́тките vrǎ́tkite
vocative form	връ́тко vrǎ́tko	връ́тки vrǎ́tki

Derived terms

• завръ́тка (zavrǎ́tka) (dialectal)
• навръ́тка (navrǎ́tka) (dialectal)
• свръ́тка (svrǎ́tka, “person who can't stay still for long”) (colloquial)

References

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