светулка

Bulgarian

Насекомо светулка (Photuris lucicrescens)

Etymology

све́тя (svétja) + -улка (-ulka)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [svɛˈtuɫkɐ]
  • Hyphenation(key): све‧тул‧ка
  • Rhymes: -uɫkɐ

Noun

свету́лка • (svetúlka) f (diminutive свету́лчица)

  1. firefly, firebug, lampyrid (beetle of the Lampyridae family, known for their bioluminescence)
    Synonyms: (dialectal) све́тка (svétka), (dialectal) блесту́нка (blestúnka), (formal, rare) ламберу́да (lamberúda)

Declension

References

Macedonian

Etymology

From свети (sveti) + -улка (-ulka).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsvɛtuɫka]
  • Hyphenation: све‧тул‧ка

Verb

светулка • (svetulka) third-singular present, impf

  1. (intransitive) to shine, glow (with a flickering light)
  2. Diminutive of свети impf (sveti)

Conjugation

Noun

светулка • (svetulka) f (plural светулки, diminutive светулче)

  1. firefly, lightning bug

Declension

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