наковалня

Bulgarian

Etymology

Formed from накова́ (naková, “to hew, to forge”) +‎ -алня (-alnja). Cognate with Russian накова́льня (nakoválʹnja).

Noun

накова́лня • (nakoválnja) f

1. anvil

   между чук и наковалня ― meždu čuk i nakovalnja ― between a rock and a hard place (literally, “between a hammer and an anvil”)

2. (anatomy) incus (small anvil-like bone in the middle ear)

Declension

Declension of накова́лня

	singular	plural
indefinite	накова́лня nakoválnja	накова́лни nakoválni
definite	накова́лнята nakoválnjata	накова́лните nakoválnite

Related terms

• кова́чница (kováčnica, “smithery”)

References

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