престъпник
Appearance
Bulgarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Slavic *perstǫpьnikъ; equivalent to престъ́пя (prestǎ́pja, “to cross, to step over”) + -ник (-nik). Literally, "one who crosses (the accepted norms/laws)".
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]престъ́пник • (prestǎ́pnik) m (feminine престъ́пница or престъ́пничка)
- criminal (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Declension
[edit]Declension of престъ́пник
singular | plural | |
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indefinite | престъ́пник prestǎ́pnik |
престъ́пници prestǎ́pnici |
definite (subject form) |
престъ́пникът prestǎ́pnikǎt |
престъ́пниците prestǎ́pnicite |
definite (object form) |
престъ́пника prestǎ́pnika | |
vocative form | престъ́пнико prestǎ́pniko |
престъ́пници prestǎ́pnici |
Related terms
[edit]- престъпле́ние (prestǎplénie, “crime, offense”)
References
[edit]- “престъпник”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “престъпник”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Duridanov, Račeva, Todorov, Bălgarski Etimologičen Rečnik Book 5, page 677 https://ibl.bas.bg/lib/ber_5/#page/339/mode/1up