губер

Bulgarian

Etymology

Perhaps of Oghur origin, from Proto-Turkic *köbüŕ (“rug”). Mladenov alternatively theoretizes possible origin from dialectal гу́ба (gúba, “enfolding, wrapping”) +‎ -ер (-er), although suffix -ер (-er) typically yields agent nouns rather than instrumentals.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡubɛr]

• Audio:

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Noun

гу́бер • (gúber) m

1. thick rug, blanket (typically used as a covering for bed, coach; occasionally as tapestry for wall)

   Synonyms: покрива́ло (pokriválo), зави́вка (zavívka)

Declension

Declension of гу́бер

	singular	plural
indefinite	гу́бер gúber	гу́бери gúberi
definite (subject form)	гу́берът gúberǎt	гу́берите gúberite
definite (object form)	гу́бера gúbera
count form	—	гу́бера gúbera

Derived terms

• губе́рка (gubérka, “large needle for sewing rugs”)

References

• “губер”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “губер”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “губер”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 291