ухолазка

Bulgarian

Обикновена ухолазка

Etymology

From ухо (uho, “ear”) +‎ ла́зя (lázja, “to creep”) + -ка (-ka), based on the common belief (not actually true) that earwigs may lay their eggs in human's ears. Compare similar names in English earwig (literally: “ear-bug”), French perce-oreille (literally: “ear-piercer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [oxoˈɫaskɐ]

Noun

ухола́зка • (uholázka) f

1. earwig (insect of order Dermaptera)

   Synonyms: кожестокри́ло (kožestokrílo), щипа́лка (štipálka)

Declension

Declension of ухола́зка

	singular	plural
indefinite	ухола́зка uholázka	ухола́зки uholázki
definite	ухола́зката uholázkata	ухола́зките uholázkite
vocative form	ухола́зко uholázko	ухола́зки uholázki

Related terms

• ухо́ (uhó, “ear”)
• лаз (laz), лаза́ч (lazáč, “creeper”)

References

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