куче

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Bulgarian

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A dog (a Labrador)

Etymology

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Morphologically formed as ку́чак (kúčak) (obsolescent) +‎ (-e), originally meaning puppy. Attested (as Old Church Slavonic коучѧ (kučę)) in the Manassian chronicles, 14th century.

Further origin uncertain. Hypotheses include:

See also Bulgarian кутре́ (kutré, pinky finger; puppy).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkut͡ʃɛ]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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ку́че (kúčen (feminine ку́чка, relational adjective ку́чи or ку́чешки, diminutive ку́ченце)

  1. diminutive of ку́чак (kúčak)
  2. dog (usually a male one)
    Synonym: пес (pes)

Declension

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Derived terms

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See also

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References

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  • куче”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • куче”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “куче”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 168

Further reading

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  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “куч-куч”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 167

Macedonian

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Etymology

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Related to Bulgarian куче (kuče); see there for more.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkut͡ʃɛ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ку‧че

Noun

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куче (kučen (plural кучиња, relational adjective кучешки, diminutive кученце or кутре or кучуле, augmentative кучиште)

  1. dog

Declension

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See also

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References

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  • Koneski, Kiril (1999) “куче”, in Правописен речник на македонскиот литературен јазик (Pravopisen rečnik na makedonskiot literaturen jazik) [Orthographic Dictionary of the Macedonian literary language] (in Macedonian), "Prosvetno delo", page 198
  • куче” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

Russian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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ку́че (kúčef inan

  1. dative/prepositional singular of ку́ча (kúča)

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Related to Bulgarian куче (kuče); see there for more.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kût͡ʃe/
  • Hyphenation: ку‧че

Noun

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ку̏че n (Latin spelling kȕče)

  1. young dog; puppy

Declension

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Further reading

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  • куче” in Hrvatski jezični portal