корем

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic корьмъ (korĭmŭ), viewed by (some) Bulgarian scholars as a Proto-Bulghar archaism of Oghur origin. Cognate with Chuvash хырăм (hyrăm), Turkish karın, Kazakh қарын (qaryn), Uzbek qorin (with rounding of proto-Turkic *a > proto-Oghur *o). According to Miklosich, borrowed or elsewise related to the Turkic words.

According to Berneker, borrowed from a Balkan dialect, probably originally as a plurale tantum корми́ pl (kormí), later back-formed to коре́м sg (korém). The origin of the word is speculated to be Ancient Greek κορμός (kormós, “trunk”). Compare also Albanian kurm (“body”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [koˈrɛm]

Noun

коре́м • (korém) m (related adjective коре́мен, diminutive коре́мче)

abdomen, midriff, belly, tummy
Synonyms: търбу́х (tǎrbúh), шкембе́ (škembé), (dialectal) тумба́к (tumbák), пу́здра (púzdra)
(informal) stomach
Synonym: стома́х (stomáh)

Declension

Declension of коре́м

	singular	plural
indefinite	коре́м korém	коре́ми, корми́¹ korémi, kormí¹
definite (subject form)	коре́мът korémǎt	коре́мите, корми́те¹ korémite, kormíte¹
definite (object form)	коре́ма koréma	коре́мите, корми́те¹ korémite, kormíte¹
count form	—	коре́ма koréma

¹Dialectal.

Derived terms

ко́рмя (kórmja, “to gut”)
коре́мест (korémest, “ventral”)
корму́шка (kormúška, “belly”) (dialectal)

References

корем in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
корем in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)
Todorov T., editor (2010), “корем”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 633

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