стършел

Bulgarian

Обикновен стършел (Vespa crabro)

Etymology

A variant of Proto-Slavic *sьrxy (hornet) (stem *sьršen-) + -ел (-el), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂s- (hornet). Cognate with dialectal Lithuanian širšlỹs.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈstɤrʃɛɫ]

Noun

стъ́ршел • (stǎ́ršel) m

  1. hornet (pedatory wasp of genus Vespa, particularly Vespa crabro)
    Synonym: (in Western dialects) о́вад (óvad)

Declension

Alternative forms

  • стъ́ршен (stǎ́ršen) dated

References

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