хрътка

Bulgarian
хрътка

Etymology

From an earlier хърт (hǎrt) +‎ -ка (-ka), from Proto-Slavic *xъrtъ.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈxrɤtkɐ]

Noun

хръ́тка • (hrǎ́tka) f

  1. greyhound, bloodhound, whippet

Usage notes

In principle, the current lemma used to refer specifically to female hounds, but in the modern language it applies to the species as a whole (regardless of gender).

Declension
Declension of хръ́тка
singular plural
indefinite хръ́тка
hrǎ́tka		 хръ́тки
hrǎ́tki
definite хръ́тката
hrǎ́tkata		 хръ́тките
hrǎ́tkite
vocative form хръ́тко
hrǎ́tko		 хръ́тки
hrǎ́tki

Alternative forms
  • хъ́ртица (hǎ́rtica) — dialectal

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