спирка

Bulgarian

Etymology

спи́рам (spíram, “to stop”) +‎ -ка (-ka)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈspirkɐ]

Noun

спи́рка • (spírka) f

1. stop, a small station (of bus, tram, etc.)

   автобусна спирка ― avtobusna spirka ― bus stop

   крайна спирка ― krajna spirka ― terminal (literally, “final stop”)

   междинна спирка ― meždinna spirka ― intermediate stop

2. (colloquial) pause, halt

Declension

Declension of спи́рка

	singular	plural
indefinite	спи́рка spírka	спи́рки spírki
definite	спи́рката spírkata	спи́рките spírkite

Related terms

• спира́чка (spiráčka, “break”) (device)

References

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