замък
Bulgarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian за́мок (zámok, “castle”), itself from Czech zamek (“lock, castle”), which is a calque of German Schloss, from Proto-Slavic *zamъkъ.
Doublet of the native замка (zamka) (snare, knot (that locks)), from Proto-Slavic *zamъka.
Declension
Declension of за́мък
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | за́мък zámǎk |
за́мъци zámǎci |
| definite (subject form) |
за́мъкът zámǎkǎt |
за́мъците zámǎcite |
| definite (object form) |
за́мъка zámǎka | |
| count form | — | за́мъка zámǎka |
Alternative forms
- замъкъ (zamǎk) (Pre-reform orthography (1945))
Related terms
- примка (primka, “knot, snare”)
- промка (promka, “noose, snare”)
References
- замък in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
- Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “за̀мък”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 599
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