мокрица

Bulgarian

Мокрица

Etymology

мо́кър (mókǎr, “wet, damp”) +‎ -ица (-ica)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [moˈkrit͡sɐ]

Noun

мокри́ца • (mokríca) f

1. woodlouse, pillbug (small land crustacean of family Armadillidiidae, order Isopoda)

   Synonyms: (dialectal) кола́че (koláče), (colloquial) подка́мениче (podkámeniče)

Usage notes

The pillbug is sometimes confused for an insect, thus, may be called by mistake гъгли́ва буболе́чка (gǎglíva buboléčka, “kinky, curly bug”) or simply гъгля́к (gǎglják).

Declension

Declension of мокри́ца

	singular	plural
indefinite	мокри́ца mokríca	мокри́ци mokríci
definite	мокри́цата mokrícata	мокри́ците mokrícite
vocative form	мокри́це mokríce	мокри́ци mokríci

Alternative forms

• мокре́ц m (mokréc)

Related terms

• мочу́р (močúr, “marsh, wetland”)

References

• “мокрица”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “мокрица”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “мокре́ць м., мокри́ца ж.”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 77

Russian

Etymology

мо́крый (mókryj, “wet”) +‎ -и́ца (-íca)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɐˈkrʲit͡sə]

Noun

мокри́ца • (mokríca) f anim (genitive мокри́цы, nominative plural мокри́цы, genitive plural мокри́ц)

1. woodlouse, sowbug (any species of suborder Oniscidea)
2. common chickweed (Stellaria media)

   Synonym: звездча́тка сре́дняя (zvezdčátka srédnjaja)

Declension

Declension of мокри́ца (anim fem-form ц-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	мокри́ца mokríca	мокри́цы mokrícy
genitive	мокри́цы mokrícy	мокри́ц mokríc
dative	мокри́це mokríce	мокри́цам mokrícam
accusative	мокри́цу mokrícu	мокри́ц mokríc
instrumental	мокри́цей, мокри́цею mokrícej, mokríceju	мокри́цами mokrícami
prepositional	мокри́це mokríce	мокри́цах mokrícax