дзръцка
Bulgarian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Attested in Southern Torlak dialects, cognate with Macedonian ѕрцки pl (dzrcki, “peepers”).
According to Georgiev, possibly cognate with dialectal Russian згра (zgra), both from Proto-Slavic *stьdzrъ, *stьgrъ (“shining, sparkling”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to stick, to poke”). The Torlak Bulgarian descendant probably reflects an earlier adjective *стьѕрьскъ (*stĭdzrĭskŭ, “shining, glimmering”) with a similar phonetic development as Old Church Slavonic трьтьскъ (trĭtĭskŭ, “buttocks”), бодьскъ (bodĭskŭ, “pointy”) → Bulgarian тръцка (trǎcka, “fart”), боцка (bocka, “wedge”).
If correct, then cognate with Proto-Iranian *tigráh (“sharp, pointy”), whence Avestan 𐬙𐬌𐬖𐬭𐬀 (tiγra, “sharp”), Old Persian 𐎫𐎥𐎼 (t-g-r /tigra/). Further akin to Sanskrit तेजस् (tejas, “light, splendor”) with semantic shift sharp edge → shining → light, splendor.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
дзръ́цка • (dzrǎ́cka) f
Declension[edit]
singular | plural | |
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indefinite | дзръ́цка dzrǎ́cka |
дзръ́цки dzrǎ́cki |
definite | дзръ́цката dzrǎ́ckata |
дзръ́цките dzrǎ́ckite |
Alternative forms[edit]
- дзр́цка (dzŕcka) — with syllabic -р-
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “дзрцка”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 377