чинка

Bulgarian

Обикновена чинка (сипка) (Fringilla coelebs)

Синя чинка (Fringilla teydea)

Etymology

Of onomatopoeic origin, from the call чи-чи (či-či, “chirp-chirp”) +‎ -нка (-nka).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃiŋkə]

Noun

чи́нка • (čínka) f

finch (songbird of family Fringillidae)

Declension

Declension of чи́нка

	singular	plural
indefinite	чи́нка čínka	чи́нки čínki
definite	чи́нката čínkata	чи́нките čínkite
vocative form	чи́нко čínko	чи́нки čínki

Alternative forms

чи́жка (čížka) – dialectal

Hyponyms

оби́кновена чи́нка (obíknovena čínka, “chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs”)
плани́нска чи́нка (planínska čínka, “brambling, Fringilla montifringilla”)
си́ня чи́нка (sínja čínka, “Tenerife blue chaffinch, Fringilla teydea”)
сне́жна чи́нка (snéžna čínka, “snow finch, Montifringilla nivalis”)

Related terms

чичопе́й (čičopéj, “golden oriole, chickadee”)

References

чинка² in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
чинка in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)

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