дубла

Bulgarian

Дубла

Etymology

Unclear. Per BER, probably from the now obsolete ду́блян (dúbljan, “golden coin”) in reference to the color of the bird.

Alternatively, akin to Russian ду́пель (dúpelʹ, “great snipe”), German Doppelschnepfe (“great snipe”). Compare obsolescent Bulgarian дю́ба (djúba), дю́бам (djúbam, “to peck, to rasp”) (Proto-Slavic *ďubati) for the unexpected -б-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdubɫɐ]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

ду́бла • (dúbla) f (masculine ду́бел)

1. female equivalent of ду́бел (dúbel): great snipe (Scolopax major)

   Synonym: (standard) голя́ма бекаси́на (goljáma bekasína)

Declension

Declension of ду́бла

	singular	plural
indefinite	ду́бла dúbla	ду́бли dúbli
definite	ду́блата dúblata	ду́блите dúblite
vocative form	ду́бло dúblo	ду́бли dúbli

References

• “дубла”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “дубла¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 441