братовчедка

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [brɐtofˈt͡ʃɛtkɐ]

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Noun

братовче́дка • (bratovčédka) f (masculine братовче́д)

1. female cousin

   Братовчедката ми ходи да учи в Холандия.

   Bratovčedkata mi hodi da uči v Holandija.

   My cousin's going to study in Holland.

Usage notes

Cousins of differing levels of shared ancestry are expressed using the same numeric idiom as in English, e.g. one's first cousin is translated into Bulgarian using пъ́рва братовче́дка (pǎ́rva bratovčédka). Meanwhile, cousins "removed" are expressed using the word отстране́н (otstranén), alongside a word or phrase for how many times removed, e.g. братовче́дка веднъ́ш отстране́на (bratovčédka vednǎ́š otstranéna, “cousin once removed”), братовче́дка два пъ́ти отстране́на (bratovčédka dva pǎ́ti otstranéna, “cousin twice removed”), etc.

Declension

Declension of братовче́дка

	singular	plural
indefinite	братовче́дка bratovčédka	братовче́дки bratovčédki
definite	братовче́дката bratovčédkata	братовче́дките bratovčédkite

References

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