камъне

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kamenьje (“gravel”), originally meaning cluster of stones, rocks. Morphologically, equivalent to ка́мен (kámen, “stone”) (dated) +‎ -е (-e).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkamɐnɛ]

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Noun

ка́мъне • (kámǎne) pl

1. (poetic, collective) gravel, rocks, stone rubbles

   ка́мъне и дъ́рве изче́знаха там ― kámǎne i dǎ́rve izčéznaha tam ― rocks and trees disappeared there

Declension

Declension of ка́мъне

	plural
indefinite	ка́мъне kámǎne
definite	ка́мънете kámǎnete

Alternative forms

• ка́мънье (kámǎnje) — dialectal

Related terms

• ка́мък (kámǎk, “tree”)
• камъна́к (kamǎnák, “large stone, rock”)

References

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