насекомо

Bulgarian

Разновидие от насекоми

Etymology

Borrowed or mirrored from Russian насеко́мое (nasekómoje, “insect”), a calque of Latin īnsectum (“insected creature”). Technically a substantivized present passive participle of насе́ка (naséka, “to disect, to chop into pieces”) +‎ -ом (-om) +‎ -о (-o).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nɐsɛˈkɔmo]
• (occasionally) IPA^(key): [nɐˈsɛkomo]

Noun

насеко́мо • (nasekómo) n

1. (zoology) insect (arthropod of class Insecta)

Declension

Declension of насеко́мо

	singular	plural
indefinite	насеко́мо nasekómo	насеко́ми nasekómi
definite	насеко́мото nasekómoto	насеко́мите nasekómite

Related terms

• се́чко (séčko, “biter, bug”)
• насечен (nasečen, “chopped into pieces”)

References

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