прахосмукачка

Bulgarian

Etymology

From прах (prah, “dust”) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ смука́ч (smukáč, “sucker”) +‎ -ка (-ka, feminine suffix). Compare Macedonian правосмукалка (pravosmukalka) which uses a similar construction.

Probably a calque of German Staubsauger.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [prɐxosmoˈkat͡ʃkɐ]
  • Syllabification(key): пра‧хо‧сму‧кач‧ка
  • Hyphenation(key): пра‧хос‧му‧кач‧ка

Noun

прахосмука́чка • (prahosmukáčka) f

  1. vacuum cleaner

Declension
Declension of прахосмука́чка
singular plural
indefinite прахосмука́чка
prahosmukáčka		 прахосмука́чки
prahosmukáčki
definite прахосмука́чката
prahosmukáčkata		 прахосмука́чките
prahosmukáčkite

References
  • “прахосмукачка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “прахосмукачка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
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