пъдпъдък

Bulgarian

Обикновен пъдпъдък

Etymology

Onomatopoeic from the call пют-пют (pjut-pjut, quail's cry), morphologically blended with пъ́дя (pǎ́dja, to chase) + -ък (-ǎk). Cognate with Slovene podpodík m, podpodíca f (quail).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pətpəˈdɤk]

Noun

пъдпъдъ́к (pǎdpǎdǎ́k) m

  1. quail (land bird of genus Coturnix)
    Synonyms: пре́перец (préperec), (dialectal) препели́ца (prepelíca), (obsolete) крастел (krastel)

Declension

  • пъда́р (pǎdár, warden)

References

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