кокиче

Bulgarian

Кокиче

Etymology

Simplified from an earlier карчи́чек (karčíček), borrowed from dialectal Ottoman Turkish كارچیچیك‎ (karçiçek, “snow flower”). Possibly influenced by Greek κόκκος (kókkos, “speck, grain”), whence dialectal Bulgarian коки́чка (kokíčka, “kernel”).

Noun

коки́че • (kokíče) n

  1. snowdrop (flower of genus Galanthus)
    Synonyms: (dialectal) ка́чка (káčka), (dialectal, colloquial) белу́чка (belúčka)

Declension

Alternative forms

  • кочи́че (kočíče), качи́че (kačíče)
  • карчи́чек (karčíček) – from Turkic

Derived terms

  • бла́тно коки́че (blátno kokíče, “snowflake flower”)
  • коки́чка (kokíčka, “kernel”) (dialectal)
  • коко́с (kokós, “coconut”)

References

Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɔkit͡ʃɛ]

Noun

кокиче • (kokiče) n (plural кокичиња)

  1. (botany) snowdrop

Declension

Synonyms

References

  • “кокиче” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu
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