пирон

Bulgarian

Стоманени пирони (гвездеи)

Старинен дървен пирон (клинец)

Etymology

Reshaped/reanalyzed variant of Ancient Greek περόνη (perónē, “pin, rivelt”) (modern Greek πιρούνι (piroúni)). Loaned also in Romanian piron (“big nail”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [piˈrɔn]
• Rhymes: -ɔn

Noun

пиро́н • (pirón) m (diminutive пиро́нче)

1. large pin, nail (fastener)

   Synonym: гво́здей (gvózdej)

2. rivet

   Synonym: кли́нец (klínec)

Declension

Declension of пиро́н

	singular	plural
indefinite	пиро́н pirón	пиро́ни piróni
definite (subject form)	пиро́нът pirónǎt	пиро́ните pirónite
definite (object form)	пиро́на piróna
count form	—	пиро́на piróna

Alternative forms

• пиро́нь (pirónʹ), перо́нь (perónʹ) — dialectal

See also

• пи́рам (píram, “to fasten, detain”) (native verb, possibly cognate to the Greek lemma)
  • пира́т (pirát, “fastener, lock-bar”) (dialectal)

References

• “пирон”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “пирон”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1901) “пиро́нъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 4, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 33
• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “пирон”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 255