жерка

Bulgarian

Etymology

From an earlier *жернка (*žernka), a diminutive form of Proto-Slavic *žьrny (“millstone”) + -ка (-ka).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈʒerkə]

Noun

же́рка • (žérka) f

  1. (archaic, dialectal) millstone
  2. (by specification) gizzard, gastric mill (part of the digestive tract of birds and other archosaurs)

Alternative forms
  • дже́рка (džérka)

Declension
Declension of же́рка
singular plural
indefinite же́рка
žérka		 же́рки
žérki
definite же́рката
žérkata		 же́рките
žérkite

References
  • жерка in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
  • жерка in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)
  • Georgiev Vl. I., editor (1971), “жерка”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 537
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