лястовица
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See also: ластовица
Bulgarian
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Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Church Slavonic ластовица (lastovica), from Proto-Slavic *lastъ (“swift, quick”) + -овица (-ovica). Compare Lithuanian lakstùs (“quick”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ля́стовица • (ljástovica) f (masculine лясту́н, relational adjective ля́стовичи, diminutive ля́стовичка)
- female equivalent of лясту́н (ljastún): swallow, martin (bird of family Hirundinidae)
Declension
[edit]Declension of ля́стовица
singular | plural | |
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indefinite | ля́стовица ljástovica |
ля́стовици ljástovici |
definite | ля́стовицата ljástovicata |
ля́стовиците ljástovicite |
vocative form | ля́стовице ljástovice |
ля́стовици ljástovici |
Alternative forms
[edit]- ля́стка (ljástka), ля́стовка (ljástovka) — colloquial
- ла́стовица (lástovica) — dialectal
- ласту́на (lastúna) — archaic
Hyponyms
[edit]- бре́гова ля́стовица (brégova ljástovica, “sand martin, Riparia riparia”)
- ска́лна ля́стовица (skálna ljástovica, “crag martin, Ptyonoprogne rupestris”)
- се́лска ля́стовица (sélska ljástovica, “barn swallow, Hirundo rustica”) (literally: rural swallow)
- гра́дска ля́стовица (grádska ljástovica, “house martin, Delichon urbicum”) (literally: urban swallow)
References
[edit]- “лястовица”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “лястовица”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- ластовица in Исторически речник на Българския език, Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"
Categories:
- Bulgarian terms inherited from Old Church Slavonic
- Bulgarian terms derived from Old Church Slavonic
- Bulgarian terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Bulgarian terms suffixed with -овица
- Bulgarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Bulgarian lemmas
- Bulgarian nouns
- Bulgarian feminine nouns
- Bulgarian female equivalent nouns
- bg:Swallows