тръба

Bulgarian

музикателен иструмент тръба (1)

индустриални тръби (2)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *trǫba, ultimately of onomatopoeic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [trɐˈba]

Noun

тръба́ • (trǎbá) f (diminutive тръби́ца or тръби́чка)

1. (music) trumpet, horn
2. pipe, tube (conduit)

Usage notes

Originally referring specifically to the music instrument. Later generalized by association to refer to any prolonged conducting shape.

Declension

Declension of тръба́

	singular	plural
indefinite	тръба́ trǎbá	тръби́ trǎbí
definite	тръба́та trǎbáta	тръби́те trǎbíte
vocative form	тръ́бо trǎ́bo	тръби́ trǎbí
genitive form	—	тръб1 trǎb1

¹Archaic.

Alternative forms

• тръ́мба (trǎ́mba), труба́ (trubá) — with dialectal reflex of proto-Slavic -ǫ-

Derived terms

• тръбя́ (trǎbjá, “to blow a trumpet”)
  • тръба́ч (trǎbáč, “trumpeter”)
• тръбопрово́д (trǎboprovód, “pipeline”)
• тръ́бен (trǎ́ben) (adjective)

Related terms

• тромпе́т (trompét, “trumpet”) (French borrowing)
• тро́мба (trómba), тромбо́н (trombón, “trombon”) (Italian borrowings)

References

• “тръба”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “тръба”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• “трѫба”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2024

Anagrams

• ръбат (rǎbat)