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щъркелица

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Bulgarian

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Etymology

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By surface analysis, щъ́ркел (štǎ́rkel, stork) +‎ -ица (-ica, -ess, feminine suffix), or щърк (štǎrk, stork) (colloquial, older form) +‎ -елица (-elica).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈʃtɤrkɛlit͡sɐ]

Noun

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щъ́ркелица (štǎ́rkelicaf

  1. female equivalent of щъ́ркел (štǎ́rkel, stork): female storm

Declension

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References

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  • щъркелица”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • щъркелица”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • щъркелица”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 1087