пущинак

Bulgarian

Etymology

From пу́щи (púšti, “barren, wild”) (dialectal) +‎ -нак (-nak), an expressive variant of standard Bulgarian пуст (pust, “empty, desolate”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [pʊʃtiˈnak]

Noun

пущина́к • (puštinák) m

wilderness, wasteland
Synonym: пу́стош (pústoš)

Alternative forms

пущиня́к (puštinják) (dialectal)

Declension

Declension of пущина́к

	singular	plural
indefinite	пущина́к puštinák	пущина́ци puštináci
definite (subject form)	пущина́кът puštinákǎt	пущина́ците puštinácite
definite (object form)	пущина́ка puštináka	пущина́ците puštinácite
count form	—	пущина́ка puštináka

Related terms

пусти́ня (pustínja, “dessert”)
пу́ща (púšta, “desolate place”) (dialectal)

References

пущинак in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
пущинак in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)

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