ботуш

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Romanian botuș, of French origin (compare French botte, bottine). Doublet of бо́та (bóta) (borrowed from Russian).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [boˈtuʃ]
• Rhymes: -uʃ

• Audio:

  (file)

• Syllabification^(key): бо‧туш

Noun

боту́ш • (botúš) m

1. boot (shoe that covers part of the leg)

   Synonyms: (dialectal, archaic) сапо́г (sapóg), (historical) че́бот (čébot)

   връ́зка за боту́ши ― vrǎ́zka za botúši ― bootlace

Declension

Declension of боту́ш

	singular	plural
indefinite	боту́ш botúš	боту́ши botúši
definite (subject form)	боту́шът botúšǎt	боту́шите botúšite
definite (object form)	боту́ша botúša
count form	—	боту́ша botúša

Derived terms

• ботуша́р m (botušár), ботуша́рка f (botušárka, “boot maker”)
  • ботуша́рски (botušárski)

Related terms

• бо́та (bóta), боти́на (botína), боти́нка (botínka, “bottine”)
• буто́н (butón, “button”)
  • буто́нка (butónka, “cleat, football boot”)

References

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