камшик

Bulgarian

Alternative forms

• камчи́к (kamčík), камжи́к (kamžík), камджи́к (kamdžík)

Etymology

Considered to derive from a -çık diminutive formation of Kipchak قمچی (kamçı), قمشی (kamşı), so a doublet of камчи́я (kamčíja) and камджи́я (kamdžíja, “whip”), forms that have come from Ottoman Turkish قامچی (kamçı), and probably hybridized into камши́я (kamšíja), камши́е (kamšíe).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɐmˈʃik]

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• Rhymes: -ik

Noun

камши́к • (kamšík) m (diminutive камши́че)

1. whip
2. agrimony

Declension

Declension of камши́к

	singular	plural
indefinite	камши́к kamšík	камши́ци kamšíci
definite (subject form)	камши́кът kamšíkǎt	камши́ците kamšícite
definite (object form)	камши́ка kamšíka
count form	—	камши́ка kamšíka

Further reading

• “камшик”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “камшик”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “камши́к”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 195

Macedonian

Etymology

Compare to Bulgarian камши́к (kamšík), which is considered to derive from a -çık diminutive formation of Kipchak قمچی (kamçı).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkamʃik]

• Audio

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Noun

камшик • (kamšik) m (plural камшици, diminutive камшиче)

1. whip

   Synonym: бич (bič)

2. agrimony

   Synonym: петровец (petrovec)

Declension

Declension of камшик

	singular	plural
indefinite	камшик	камшици
definite unspecified	камшикот	камшиците
definite proximal	камшиков	камшициве
definite distal	камшикон	камшицине
vocative	камшику	камшици
count form	—	камшика