камъне

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kamenьje (“gravel”), originally meaning cluster of stones, rocks. Morphologically, equivalent to ка́мен (kámen, “stone”) (dated) +‎ -е (-e).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈkamɐnɛ]
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Noun

ка́мъне • (kámǎne) pl

(poetic, collective) gravel, rocks, stone rubbles
ка́мъне и дъ́рве изче́знаха там ― kámǎne i dǎ́rve izčéznaha tam ― rocks and trees disappeared there

Declension

Declension of ка́мъне

	plural
indefinite	ка́мъне kámǎne
definite	ка́мънете kámǎnete

Alternative forms

ка́мънье (kámǎnje) — dialectal

Related terms

ка́мък (kámǎk, “tree”)
камъна́к (kamǎnák, “large stone, rock”)

References

“камък”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014

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