пищол

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed via Ottoman Turkish from French or German. Doublet of пистоле́т (pistolét) (a modern French borrowing).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [piʃˈtɔɫ]

Noun

пищо́л • (pištól) m

1. (dated) Alternative form of пищо́в (pištóv): pistol

Declension

Declension of пищо́л

	singular	plural
indefinite	пищо́л pištól	пищо́ли pištóli
definite (subject form)	пищо́лът pištólǎt	пищо́лите pištólite
definite (object form)	пищо́ла pištóla
count form	—	пищо́ла pištóla

In some dialects:

Declension of пищо́л

	singular	plural
indefinite	пищо́л pištól	пищо́ли pištóli
definite (subject form)	пищо́лят pištóljat	пищо́лите pištólite
definite (object form)	пищо́ля pištólja
count form	—	пищо́ля pištólja

Alternative forms

• пищо́ль (pištólʹ) — dialectal
• писто́л (pistól) — formal

Derived terms

• разпищо́лвам се (razpištólvam se, “to unknob onself”) (figuratively)

References

• “пищол”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “пищол”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 279