пчелояд

Bulgarian

Двойка европейски пчелояди

Etymology

пчела́ (pčelá, “bee”) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ яд (jad, “eat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pt͡ʃɛɫoˈja̟t]

Noun

пчелоя́д • (pčelojád) m (relational adjective пчелоя́дов)

1. (literally) bee eater
2. bee-eater (Old-World insectivorous bird of family Meropidae)

Declension

Declension of пчелоя́д

	singular	plural
indefinite	пчелоя́д pčelojád	пчелоя́ди pčelojádi
definite (subject form)	пчелоя́дът pčelojádǎt	пчелоя́дите pčelojádite
definite (object form)	пчелоя́да pčelojáda
count form	—	пчелоя́да pčelojáda

Hyponyms

• европе́йски пчелоя́д (evropéjski pčelojád, “European bee-eater, Merops apiaster”)
• и́зточен пчелоя́д (íztočen pčelojád, “green bee-eater, Merops orientalis”) (literally: eastern bee-eater)
• зеле́н пчелоя́д (zelén pčelojád, “olive bee-eater, Merops superciliosus”) (literally: green bee-eater)
• ма́лък пчелоя́д (málǎk pčelojád, “little bee-eater, Merops pusillus”)

Related terms

• пчела́ (pčelá, “bee”)
• яд (jad, “eat”), я́дца (jádca, “eater”)
  • мравоя́д (mravojád, “anteater”)
  • медоя́д (medojád, “honey-eater”)
  • рибоя́д (ribojád, “fish-eater, gannet”)

References

• “пчелояд”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “пчелояд”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Bulgarian пчелоя́д (pčelojád).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pt͡ɕɪɫɐˈjat]

Noun

пчелоя́д • (pčelojád) m anim (genitive пчелоя́да, nominative plural пчелоя́ды, genitive plural пчелоя́дов)

1. bee-eater

   Synonym: пчелое́д (pčelojéd)

Declension

Declension of пчелоя́д (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	пчелоя́д pčelojád	пчелоя́ды pčelojády
genitive	пчелоя́да pčelojáda	пчелоя́дов pčelojádov
dative	пчелоя́ду pčelojádu	пчелоя́дам pčelojádam
accusative	пчелоя́да pčelojáda	пчелоя́дов pčelojádov
instrumental	пчелоя́дом pčelojádom	пчелоя́дами pčelojádami
prepositional	пчелоя́де pčelojáde	пчелоя́дах pčelojádax