молец

Bulgarian

Молец

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *moľьcь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [moˈlɛt͡s]

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• Hyphenation^(key): мо‧лец

Noun

моле́ц • (moléc) m

1. moth (lepidopteran insect of suborder Heterocera)

   Synonym: но́щна пеперу́да (nóštna peperúda)

Declension

Declension of моле́ц

	singular	plural
indefinite	моле́ц moléc	молци́ molcí
definite (subject form)	моле́цът molécǎt	молци́те molcíte
definite (object form)	моле́ца moléca
vocative form	моле́цо moléco	молци́ molcí

Hyponyms

• дре́шен моле́ц (dréšen moléc, “clothing moth, family Tineidae”)
• жи́тен моле́ц (žíten moléc, “fungus moth (genus Nemapogon)”)

References

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

Macedonian

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Slavic *moľь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɔlɛt͡s]

Noun

молец • (molec) m

1. moth

Declension

Declension of молец

	singular	plural
indefinite	молец (molec)	молци (molci)
definite unspecified	молецот (molecot)	молците (molcite)
definite proximal	молецов (molecov)	молциве (molcive)
definite distal	молецон (molecon)	молцине (molcine)
vocative	молецу (molecu)	молци (molci)
count form	—	молеца (moleca)