нирец

Bulgarian

Катерене по скален нирец

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *nyra (“crack”) + -ец (-ec). Akin to Russian ны́ра (nýra, “dent, track”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnirɛt͡s]

Noun

ни́рец • (nírec) m

1. (dialectal) crack, crevice, dent (in a rock, cliff, cave, stone wall)

   Synonyms: про́цеп (prócep), пукнатина́ (puknatiná), ду́пка (dúpka), зъ́бел (zǎ́bel)

2. (by extension) small fault, fissure (on the ground)

   Synonyms: разло́м (razlóm), пазина́ (paziná)

Declension

Declension of ни́рец

	singular	plural
indefinite	ни́рец nírec	ни́рци nírci
definite (subject form)	ни́рецът nírecǎt	ни́рците nírcite
definite (object form)	ни́реца níreca
count form	—	ни́реца níreca

Related terms

• ни́рище (nírište) (augmentative)
• поно́р (ponór, “swallow hole”)

References

• “нирец”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “ныре́ць”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 285

Etymology 2

Двойка големи нирци

Среден нирец (самка)

From Proto-Slavic *nyrьcь, *nyrikъ, *nyrъkъ (“diver”). Cognate with Russian ныре́ц (nyréc, “diver”), ныро́к (nyrók, “diving duck, pochard”), Ukrainian нуре́ць (nurécʹ), пронуро́к (pronurók, “dipper (bird)”), Polish nurzyk (“guillemot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [niˈrɛt͡s]

Noun

нире́ц • (niréc) m (feminine ни́рка)

1. (literally) diver, dabber

   Synonyms: гмуре́ц (gmuréc), пота́пник (potápnik)

2. goosander, merganser, sawbill (diving sea duck of genus Mergus)

Declension

Declension of нире́ц

	singular	plural
indefinite	нире́ц niréc	нирци́ nircí
definite (subject form)	нире́цът nirécǎt	нирци́те nircíte
definite (object form)	нире́ца niréca
count form	—	нире́ца niréca
vocative form	нире́цо niréco	нирци́ nircí

Hyponyms

• голя́м нире́ц (goljám niréc, “great merganser, Mergus merganser”)
• сре́ден нире́ц (sréden niréc, “middle merganser, Mergus serrator”)
• ма́лък нире́ц (málǎk niréc, “small merganser, Mergus cucullatus”) (also called америка́нски нире́ц (amerikánski niréc))

Related terms

• костену́рка (kostenúrka, “turtle”) (literally: bone-shelled diver)

See also

• гмуре́ц (gmuréc, “grebe”) (neoavian diving bird, similar to goosanders)
• гмурка́ч (gmurkáč, “loob”) (neoavian diving bird, similar to goosanders)