мочер
Bulgarian
Мочер
Etymology
мо́ча (móča, “to moisterize”) (dialectal) + -ер (-er)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmɔt͡ʃɛr]
Noun
мо́чер • (móčer) m (diminutive мо́черче)
- (literally) wetness, damp, mire
- (dialectal) hydrophile (creature which lives in wet conditions)
- amphibian (particularly salamanders)
- Synonym: (standard) земново́дно (zemnovódno)
- (specifically) olm, cave salamander (aquatic, troglodyte salamander of genus Proteus native to the Western Balkans)
- Synonyms: пе́щерен дъждо́вник (péšteren dǎždóvnik), (colloquial) чове́шка ри́бица (čovéška ríbica)
- amphibian (particularly salamanders)
Declension
Declension of мо́чер
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | мо́чер móčer |
мо́чери móčeri |
| definite (subject form) |
мо́черът móčerǎt |
мо́черите móčerite |
| definite (object form) |
мо́чера móčera | |
| count form | — | мо́чера móčera |
Alternative forms
- моча́р (močár)
Related terms
References
- Nayden Gerov (1899) “мочꙗ́ръ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 84
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “мочар, мочер”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 266
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