роветина

Bulgarian

Etymology

ро́вя (róvja, “to dig”) +‎ -етина (-etina)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [roˈvɛtinə]

Noun

рове́тина • (rovétina) f

  1. (dialectal) excavation, delve
  2. (by extension) den, trench
    Synonyms: рови́на (rovína), и́зкоп (ízkop)

Declension
Declension of рове́тина
singular plural
indefinite рове́тина
rovétina		 рове́тини
rovétini
definite рове́тината
rovétinata		 рове́тините
rovétinite
  • ров (rov, “ditch, trench”)
    • рови́на (rovína, “large trench”)
    • ро́вище (róvište), рови́няк (rovínjak, “erosive delve, dell”)

References
  • роветина in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
  • Gerov, Najden (1895), “рове́тина”, in Rěčnik na blǎgarskyj jazyk [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Plovdiv: Družestvena pečatnica “Sǎglasie”, page 80
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