бъкел
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Bulgarian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
According to Georgiev (BER), related to Polish bąkać (“to mutter”) (< Proto-Slavic *bǫkati).
Noun[edit]
бъ́кел • (bǎ́kel) m
- (rare, uncountable) gloss, hint, clue
Usage notes[edit]
Used only in fossilized phrases such as бъкел не разбирам (bǎkel ne razbiram), бъкел не знам (bǎkel ne znam) = to have no clue (conveying absolute lack of any comprehension).
Declension[edit]
Declension of бъ́кел
References[edit]
- “бъкел³”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Nayden Gerov (1895) “бъ́кꙑлъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language][1] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 91
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бъкел²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 91
Etymology 2[edit]
See titular lemma.
Noun[edit]
бъ́кел • (bǎ́kel) m (dialectal)
- Alternative form of бъ́къл (bǎ́kǎl, “scuttle”)
Declension[edit]
Declension of бъ́кел