сък

Bulgarian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [sɤk]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *sǫkъ.

Noun

съ́к • (sǎ́k) m (diminutive съ́чка or съ́чица) (dated)

  1. twig, bough (wooden part of a branch)
    Synonym: (obsolete) хуй (huj)
  2. (by extension) splinter, stick, wooden rod (when cut out)
  3. (dialectal) knot, snag, knob
    Synonyms: чеп (čep), чвор (čvor), (dialectal) глуж (gluž)
Usage notes

The modern language more commonly use the diminutives съ́чка (sǎ́čka), съ́чица (sǎ́čica). Сък is typically formal, with slight nuance of augmentation.

Alternative forms
  • су́к (súk) (Western Moesian dialects), сънк (sǎnk) (Rupian dialects)
Declension
Declension of сък
singular plural
indefinite сък
sǎk		 съ́кове
sǎ́kove
definite
(subject form)		 съ́кът
sǎ́kǎt		 съ́ковете
sǎ́kovete
definite
(object form)		 съ́ка
sǎ́ka
count form — съ́ка
sǎ́ka
Derived terms
  • съ́кил (sǎ́kil), съ́кел (sǎ́kel, “spike, splinter”) (dialectal)
  • съкли́в (sǎklív), съкови́т (sǎkovít, “spiky, thorny, with sharp twigs”)

References
  • сък in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
  • сък in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)
  • Todorov T., editor (2010), “сък²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 660

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

съ́к • (sǎ́k) m

  1. suss, hiss
Declension
Declension of сък
singular plural
indefinite сък
sǎk		 съ́кове
sǎ́kove
definite
(subject form)		 съ́кът
sǎ́kǎt		 съ́ковете
sǎ́kovete
definite
(object form)		 съ́ка
sǎ́ka
count form — съ́ка
sǎ́ka
Derived terms
  • съ́кам (sǎ́kam), сю́кам (sjúkam, “to hiss”)

References
  • Todorov T., editor (2010), “сък¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 660
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