орехче

Bulgarian

Орехче (ядка)

Евразийско орехче (птичка)

Etymology

о́рех (óreh, “walnut”) +‎ -че (-če)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔrɛxt͡ʃɛ]

Noun

о́рехче • (órehče) n

1. (literary) diminutive of о́рех (óreh, “walnut”)
2. (figurative) wren (tiny bird of family Troglodytidae)

   Synonym: мушитръ́нка (mušitrǎ́nka)

3. (figurative) dropwort (herb of genus Filipendula)

Declension

Declension of о́рехче

	singular	plural
indefinite	о́рехче órehče	о́рехчта órehčta
definite	о́рехчето órehčeto	о́рехчтата órehčtata

Alternative forms

• о́решче (órešče), о́решко (óreško)

References

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