карфица

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek καρφίτσα (karfítsa, “pin”), a diminutive of καρφί (karfí, “nail; rivet”). Compare Turkish karfiçe, Albanian karficë and Aromanian cãrfițã.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɐrˈfit͡sɐ]

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• Rhymes: -it͡sɐ
• Hyphenation^(key): кар‧фи‧ца

Noun

карфи́ца • (karfíca) f (diminutive карфи́чка)

1. pin (needle without an eye, used for fastening)

   Synonym: топли́йка (toplíjka)

Declension

Declension of карфи́ца

	singular	plural
indefinite	карфи́ца karfíca	карфи́ци karfíci
definite	карфи́цата karfícata	карфи́ците karfícite

Derived terms

verbs

• закарфи́ча pf (zakarfíča), закарфи́чвам impf (zakarfíčvam)

 

References

• “карфица”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “карфица”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “карфица”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 257