язовец

Bulgarian

язовец

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jаzvьсь. Morphologically formed as яз (jaz, “dike, trench, weir”) (dialectal) +‎ -овец (-ovec), apparently referring to the ditching abilities of badgers.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈja̟zovɛt͡s]

Noun

я́зовец • (jázovec) m

1. badger (mammal of order Mustelidae)

Declension

Declension of я́зовец

	singular	plural
indefinite	я́зовец jázovec	я́зовци jázovci
definite (subject form)	я́зовецът jázovecǎt	я́зовците jázovcite
definite (object form)	я́зовеца jázoveca
count form	—	я́зовеца jázoveca
vocative form	я́зовецо jázoveco	я́зовци jázovci

Related terms

• я́зва (jázva, “pit; ulcer”)
• язовина́ (jazoviná, “ground hole where badgers live”)

References

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