пуяк
Bulgarian
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Etymology
[edit]Agent noun from пу́я се (púja se, “to perk, to swank”) (dialectal) + -як (-jak), literally meaning perker-bird. Compare Latin pāvō (“peafowl”) (whence Bulgarian пау́н (paún, “peecock”)).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]пу́як • (pújak) m (feminine пу́йка)
- turkey-cock (male turkey)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | пу́як pújak |
пу́яци pújaci |
| definite (subject form) |
пу́якът pújakǎt |
пу́яците pújacite |
| definite (object form) |
пу́яка pújaka | |
| count form | — | пу́яка pújaka |
| vocative form | пу́яко pújako |
пу́яци pújaci |
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “пуяк”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “пуяк”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Anagrams
[edit]- купя (kupja)