жерка

Bulgarian

Etymology

From an earlier *жернка (*žernka), a diminutive form of Proto-Slavic *žьrny (“millstone”) + -ка (-ka).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈʒɛrkɐ]
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Noun

же́рка • (žérka) f

  1. (archaic, dialectal) millstone
  2. (by specification) gizzard, gastric mill (part of the digestive tract of birds and other archosaurs)

Declension
Declension of же́рка
singular plural
indefinite же́рка
žérka		 же́рки
žérki
definite же́рката
žérkata		 же́рките
žérkite

Alternative forms
  • дже́рка (džérka)

References
  • “жерка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “жерка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “жерка”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 537
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