пъшка

Bulgarian

Etymology

From an earlier пъщка, itself inherited from Proto-Slavic *pъťьka.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɤʃkɐ]

Noun

пъ́шка • (pǎ́ška) f (dialectal)

  1. bud, peduncle (stalk of a cluster of berries or of a branch of vegetation)
  2. pit, stone (seed of a drupe fruit)

Declension

Declension of пъ́шка
singular plural
indefinite пъ́шка
pǎ́ška 		пъ́шки
pǎ́ški
definite пъ́шката
pǎ́škata 		пъ́шките
pǎ́škite

Alternative forms

  • пъ́ска (pǎ́ska) — hardened pronunciation
  • по́шка (póška) — in dialects where proto-Slavic *-ъ- was widened into -o-

See also

  • пашку́л (paškúl, “cocoon”)

References

  • “пъшка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “пъшка”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 126
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