дибек

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دیبك (dibek).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [diˈbɛk]

• Audio:

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Noun

дибе́к • (dibék) m (regional)

1. large mortar of stone, being in some places communal property, especially those where there have been Turks, used with a large wooden rod for pestle called токма́к (tokmák)

Declension

Declension of дибе́к

	singular	plural
indefinite	дибе́к dibék	дибе́ци dibéci
definite (subject form)	дибе́кът dibékǎt	дибе́ците dibécite
definite (object form)	дибе́ка dibéka
count form	—	дибе́ка dibéka

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دیبك (dibek).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdibɛk]

Noun

дибек • (dibek) m

1. mortar (as in “mortar and pestle”)
2. nincompoop, twat

Declension

Declension of дибек

	singular	plural
indefinite	дибек (dibek)	дибеци (dibeci)
definite unspecified	дибекот (dibekot)	дибеците (dibecite)
definite proximal	дибеков (dibekov)	дибециве (dibecive)
definite distal	дибекон (dibekon)	дибецине (dibecine)
vocative	дибеку (dibeku)	дибеци (dibeci)
count form	—	дибека (dibeka)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دیبك (dibek). Rarely encountered in Serbo-Croatian, more typical for Macedonian, and some rural parts of Bulgaria.

Noun

дѝбек m (Latin spelling dìbek) (dialectal)

1. mortar (used with a pestle)

   Synonym: сту̏па

Declension

Declension of дибек

	singular	plural
nominative	дибек	дибеци
genitive	дибека	дибека
dative	дибеку	дибецима
accusative	дибек	дибеке
vocative	дибече	дибеци
locative	дибеку	дибецима
instrumental	дибеком	дибецима

References

• “дибек”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025