насекомо

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Насекоми

Etymology

Borrowed or mirrored from Russian насеко́мое (nasekómoje, “insect”), a calque of Latin īnsectum (“insected creature”). Technically a substantivized present passive participle of насе́ка (naséka, “to disect, to chop into pieces”) +‎ -ом (-om) +‎ -о (-o).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [nɐsɛˈkɔmo]
(occasionally) IPA^(key): [nɐˈsɛkomo]

Noun

насеко́мо • (nasekómo) n

(zoology) insect (arthropod of class Insecta)

Declension

Declension of насеко́мо

	singular	plural
indefinite	насеко́мо nasekómo	насеко́ми nasekómi
definite	насеко́мото nasekómoto	насеко́мите nasekómite

Related terms

се́чко (séčko, “biter, bug”)
насечен (nasečen, “chopped into pieces”)

References

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