преперец

Bulgarian
Кафяв преперец

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *perperьcь, akin to Proto-Slavic *perti (“to beat, to trample”) or to Proto-Slavic *pьrati (“to propel, to fly”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈprɛpɛrɛt͡s]

Noun

пре́перец • (préperec) m (feminine пре́перица or препери́ца)

  1. (dialectal) small game bird of family Perdicinae (particularly quail, spurfowl, and other related)
    Synonym: пъдпъдъ́к (pǎdpǎdǎ́k) (partially)

Alternative forms
  • пре́пелек m (prépelek), пре́пелец m (prépelec); препе́лка f (prepélka), пре́пелица f (prépelica)

Declension
Declension of ку́рка
singular plural
indefinite ку́рка
kúrka		 ку́рки
kúrki
definite ку́рката
kúrkata		 ку́рките
kúrkite
vocative form ку́рке
kúrke		 ку́рки
kúrki
  • пърпо́ря (pǎrpórja, “to flutter, to flap”)
  • перпеля́ (perpeljá), перпе́ркам (perpérkam, “to flap wings”) (dialectal)
  • пе́рка (pérka, “fin”)
  • перо́ (peró, “feather”)
  • пря́порец (prjáporec, “banner”) (dialectal)

References
  • преперец in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
  • Duridanov I., Račeva M., Todorov T., editors (1996) , “преперица”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 661
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