езеро

See also: ѥзеро

Bulgarian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰerom?

Proto-Balto-Slavic *éźeran

Proto-Slavic *ezero

Old Church Slavonic ѥзеро (jezero)

Bulgarian езеро

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic ѥзеро (jezero), from Proto-Slavic *ezero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛzɛro]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

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• Rhymes: -ɛzɛro
• Syllabification^(key): е‧зе‧ро
• Hyphenation^(key): езе‧ро

Noun

е́зеро • (ézero) n (diminutive е́зерце)

1. lake, loch, pond

Declension

Declension of е́зеро

	singular	plural
indefinite	е́зеро ézero	езера́ ezerá
definite	е́зерото ézeroto	езера́та ezeráta

References

• “езеро”, in БЕРОН (Български езикови ресурси онлайн) [BERON (Bulgarian Language Resources Online)] (in Bulgarian), Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2024
• “езеро”, in Infolex Bulgarian Dictionary (in Bulgarian), Institute for Bulgarian Language, 2014
• “езеро”, in ЛексИт [LexIt] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “езеро”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “езеро”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Further reading

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “езеро”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 1
• “ѥзеро”, in Старобългарски речник [Dictionary of Old Bulgarian] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2026

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ezero, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *éźeran.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛzɛɾɔ]

Noun

езеро • (ezero) n (plural езера, relational adjective езерски, diminutive езерце)

1. lake

Declension

Declension of езеро

	singular	plural
indefinite	езеро (ezero)	езера (ezera)
definite unspecified	езерото (ezeroto)	езерата (ezerata)
definite proximal	езерово (ezerovo)	езерава (ezerava)
definite distal	езероно (ezerono)	езерана (ezerana)
vocative	езеро (ezero)	езера (ezera)