военачалник

Bulgarian

Etymology

From вой (voj, “army”) (dated) +‎ -е- (-e-) +‎ нача́лник (načálnik, “conductor, leader”), a calque of Ancient Greek στρατηγός (stratēgós) (or formed in the same logic as it). Compare the Germanic borrowing херцо́г (hercóg, “duke”) from Proto-Germanic *harjatugô (“army commander”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [voɛnɐˈt͡ʃa̟ɫnik]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian, l-vocalization):

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• Rhymes: -aɫnik
• Syllabification^(key): во‧е‧на‧чал‧ник
• Hyphenation^(key): во‧ена‧чал‧ник

Noun

военача́лник • (voenačálnik) m

1. army commander

   Synonyms: воево́да (voevóda), пълково́дец (pǎlkovódec), команди́р (komandír)

Declension

Declension of военача́лник

	singular	plural
indefinite	военача́лник voenačálnik	военача́лници voenačálnici
definite (subject form)	военача́лникът voenačálnikǎt	военача́лниците voenačálnicite
definite (object form)	военача́лника voenačálnika
count form	—	военача́лника voenačálnika
vocative form	военача́лнико voenačálniko	военача́лници voenačálnici

Alternative forms

• военнонача́лник (voennonačálnik)

Related terms

• войска́ (vojská, “army”)
• нача́лник (načálnik, “chief, leader”)

References

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