петало

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πέτᾰλον (pétalon, “slice, metal plate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛtɐɫo]

Noun

пе́тало • (pétalo) n (dialectal)

1. sole, shoe pad

   обръщам петалата (idiom) ― obrǎštam petalata ― to kick the bucket (literally, “to turn around the soles”)

   опъвам петалата (idiom) ― opǎvam petalata ― to kick the bucket (literally, “to pull up the soles”)

2. horseshoe

   Synonym: подко́ва (podkóva)

Declension

Declension of пета́ло

	singular	plural
indefinite	пета́ло petálo	пета́ло petálo
definite	пета́ло petálo	пета́ло petálo

Alternative forms

• пе́тал m (pétal)

Derived terms

• пе́талосам pf (pétalosam), пе́талосвам impf (pétalosvam, “to shoe”) (dialectal)

References

• “петало”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “петало”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “петал”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 193

Anagrams

• оплета (opleta)