мъдо

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mǫdo.

Pronunciation

• мъдо́: IPA^(key): [mɐˈdɔ]
• мъ́до: IPA^(key): [ˈmɤdo]

Noun

мъдо́ or мъ́до • (mǎdó or mǎ́do) n

1. (colloquial, vulgar) testicle, ball, bollock, nut

   Synonyms: ташак (tašak), (regular term) тести́кул (testíkul), (regular term) те́стис (téstis)

Usage notes

Both the dual and the collective forms survive for the plural - мъде́ (mǎdé) is used when referring to a pair of testicles, while мъда́ (mǎdá) is used in general.

Declension

Declension of мъдо́, мъ́до

	singular	plural
indefinite	мъдо́, мъ́до mǎdó, mǎ́do	мъда́, мъде́, мъ́да mǎdá, mǎdé, mǎ́da
definite	мъдо́то, мъ́дото mǎdóto, mǎ́doto	мъда́та, мъде́те, мъ́дата mǎdáta, mǎdéte, mǎ́data

References

• “мъдо”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “мъдо”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 372